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Bariatric surgery (Roux-en-Y or Sleeve Gastrectomy) provides superior long-term weight loss and metabolic remission compared to conservative lifestyle interventions alone.
If you have severe obesity and metabolic syndrome, lifestyle changes alone rarely sustain weight loss long-term. Bariatric surgery (like Sleeve or Gastric Bypass) is the most effective treatment, offering nearly 20% total body weight loss and high rates of diabetes/blood pressure remission that diet alone cannot achieve.
Через 10 років після хірургічного втручання пацієнти зберігали середню втрату 18 % початкової маси тіла... тоді як у консервативній групі цей показник був менше 1 %. Крім того, виявлено зниження частоти МС на 75 % у хірургічній групі порівняно з 25 % у контрольній
Why this rating
Cites the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study, a major long-term prospective cohort.
Source
Comprehensive approach to the treatment of patients with aesthetic deformity of the anterior abdominal wall with concomitant metabolic disorders
Todurov et al. · Diabetes Obesity Metabolic Syndrome · 2025
DOI 10.57105/2415-7252-2025-4-03
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