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BPD induces a specific increase in resting energy expenditure (REE) driven by intestinal adaptation (increased bowel mass and activity), which contributes to weight loss independent of the absorption threshold.
In female patients, BPD may boost your metabolic rate (calories burned at rest) by forcing your intestines to grow and work harder. This increased energy expenditure helps drive weight loss and maintenance, counteracting the typical metabolic slowdown seen with weight loss.
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The weight of stabilization is also greatly influenced by... increased resting energy expenditure... the increase of energy expenditure attributable to the augmented bowel size-function fully accounts for the corresponding decrease owing to the loss of adipose tissue, muscle mass, and nonbowel visceral mass
Why this rating
Supported by longitudinal REE measurements and metabolic studies in a subset of the main cohort.
Source
Biliopancreatic Diversion
Nicola Scopinaro et al. · World Journal of Surgery · 1998
DOI 10.1007/s002689900497
cohort · n=1356Cited 555×
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