Patient Follow Up: A Critical Component of Bariatric Surgery Read the rest of this article »

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by Jaime Ponce, MD, and Adam B. Smith DO, FACOS

Dr. Ponce is from Dalton Surgical Group, PC, Dalton, Georgia, and Dr. Smith is from Dr. Smith Laparoscopy, Bariatrics, and Surgery, Fort Worth, Texas. Read the rest of this article »

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An Interview with Principal Investigators
Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, and Randy Seeley, PhD

About MARS
The Metabolic Applied Research Strategy (MARS) is a multi-year, multi-generational research program led by Ethicon Endo-Surgery to understand the physiologic and metabolic changes that occur after bariatric surgery (i.e., how bariatric surgery works to resolve conditions such as type 2 diabetes). The approach is to deconstruct current procedures in order to understand their mechanism of action and then leverage this understanding to reinvent less invasive and less expensive treatments for patients suffering from obesity and related health issues. Read the rest of this article »

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by Silvia Leite Faria, MS; orlando Pereira Faria, MD; Renato Diniz Lins, MD; and Heloisa Rodrigues de Gouvea

Ms. Faria is a nutritionist from Gastrocirurgia de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil and is also in private practice; Dr. Pereira Faria is a chief surgeon, Gastrocirurgia de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil; Dr. Lins is a medical doctor from Gastrocirurgia de Brasília, Brasília; and Ms. Rodrigues de Gouvêa is a nutritionist and trainee from Gastrocirurgia de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.

Financial Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article.

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(11):18–20 Read the rest of this article »

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Nutritional Considerations in the Bariatric Patient

Pica: An Ancient Disorder with Modern Casualties

This Month’s Contributor: Liz Goldenberg, MPH, RD, CDN
Ms. Goldenberg is a nutritionist at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell College of Medicine of Cornell University, Department of Surgery, New York, New York.

Bariatric Times. 2010;7(11)22–23

This ongoing column is dedicated to providing evidence-based bites of information for the clinician on nutritional considerations in the bariatric patient. Read the rest of this article »

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by Susannah M. Wyles, MSc, MRCS; Sherif Hakky, MSc, MRCS; Ahmed R. Ahmed, BSc, FRCS; and   Jonathan M. Cousins, BSc, FRCA Read the rest of this article »

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Research Bites

Active Trials in Bariatric Surgery

Information provided by www.clinicialtrials.gov

Sleep and Obesity in Teenagers
Purpose. This study aims to investigate the following: 1) whether sleep extension results in improvements of endocrine and metabolic markers of obesity and diabetes in obese teenagers, and 2) the relationship between habitual sleep quality and duration and markers of obesity and diabetes in lean and obese teenagers. Read the rest of this article »

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