Tag: weight loss

Unintended Benefit of GLP-1 Treatment for Obesity: Resolution of Chronic Systemic Mastocytosis Symptoms

Unintended Benefit of GLP-1 Treatment for Obesity: Resolution of Chronic Systemic Mastocytosis Symptoms

| May 1, 2023

by George Woodman, MD, FACS, FASMBS; Alexander Wells, BS; Gregory A. Hanissian, MD; and Guy Voeller, MD Dr. Woodman is with Baptist Memorial Hospital–Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, and Methodist Hospital Germantown in Germantown, Tennessee. Mr. Wells is a medical student at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Hanissian is with […]

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Lack of Weight Loss Differences with Differing Bougie Sizes in SADI-S: A Prospectively Collected, Retrospectively Analyzed, Matched Cohort Analysis

Lack of Weight Loss Differences with Differing Bougie Sizes in SADI-S: A Prospectively Collected, Retrospectively Analyzed, Matched Cohort Analysis

| March 1, 2023

by Austin Cottam, MD; Daniel Cottam, MD; Olivia Johnson; Samuel Cottam, BS; Amit Surve, MD; Christina Richards, MD; Walter Medlin, MD, FACS All authors are with Bariatric Medicine Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: Dr. Daniel Cottam does consulting work for Medtronic outside of this work. […]

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Does the Number of Follow-ups After Single-Anastomosis Duodeno-Ileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy Influence Weight Loss?

Does the Number of Follow-ups After Single-Anastomosis Duodeno-Ileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy Influence Weight Loss?

| February 1, 2022

by Amit Surve, MD; Samuel Cottam, CNA; Daniel Cottam, MD; Walter Medlin, MD, FACS; Christina Richards, MD, FACS; and Legrand Belnap, MD  Drs. Surve, Daniel Cottam, Medlin, Richards, and Belnap and Mr. Samuel Cottam are with Bariatric Medicine Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: Daniel Cottam, MD, […]

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Anti-obesity Medications: One Strategy to Treat Obesity Patients’ Overall Health

Anti-obesity Medications: One Strategy to Treat Obesity Patients’ Overall Health

| June 1, 2021

by Harold Bays, MD, FOMA, FTOS, FACC, FACE, FNLA Dr. Bays is Medical Director and President of the Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The author has no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. 2021;18(6):21. Many weight loss programs and […]

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Weight Loss Maintenance—Nursing Accredited

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Weight Loss Maintenance—Nursing Accredited

| March 1, 2021

This is a complimentary continuing education activity for nurses. Nurses earn 1.0 Contact Hour. Course Instructions To access post-test and obtain credit, visit www.tinyurl.com/BTCE-March2021 (This activity is approved for nurses only).  Participants must read the designated article and take, submit, and pass the post-test by March 1, 2023. Participants must answer at least 70% of […]

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Protein Intake after Bariatric Surgery: A Review

Protein Intake after Bariatric Surgery: A Review

| July 1, 2020

by Silvia Leite Faria, PhD; Mariane de Almeida Cardeal, MSci; and Orlando Pereira Faria, MD Drs. Leite Faria, Pereira Faria, and de Almeida Cardeal are with Gastrocirurgia de Brasília in Asa Sul, Brasília. FUNDING: No funding was provided. DISCLOSURES: Silvia Leite Faria is a consultant for Bariatric Advantage. The other authors report no conflicts of […]

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What Bariatric Surgeons Need to Know About Mental Health After Weight Loss

What Bariatric Surgeons Need to Know About Mental Health After Weight Loss

| June 1, 2020

by Sandra Christensen, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC, FOMA Ms. Christensen is with Integrative Medical Weight Management in Seattle, Washington, and is a fellow and member of the Board of Trustees for the Obesity Medicine Association. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: Ms. Christensen is a fellow and member of the Board of Trustees for the Obesity […]

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Bariatric Surgery and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Bariatric Surgery and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

| February 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

by Joseph R. Giacolone, BS; Isabella Guajardo, BA; Samuel Torres Landa, MD; Octavia Picket Blakely, MD, MHS; Noel N. Williams, MD; and Kristoffel R. Dumon, MD Mr. Giacolone and Ms. Guajardo are with Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Landa is from Oregon Health & Science in Portland, Oregon. Drs. Picket Blakely, […]

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YouTube® as a Source of Information on Healthy Weight  Loss Plans: A Snapshot Analysis of Information Quality

YouTube® as a Source of Information on Healthy Weight Loss Plans: A Snapshot Analysis of Information Quality

| February 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

by Elizabeth A. Klumpp Ms. Klumpp is Vice President and Editorial Director for Matrix Medical Communications in West Chester, Pennsylvania. FUNDING: No funding was provided for this article. DISCLOSURES: The author reports no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. Bariatric Times. 2019;16(2):20–21. Introduction According to Pew Research Center, eight out of […]

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Raising the Standard: The Joy and Privilege of a Surgical Career: An Overview of the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2018

Raising the Standard: The Joy and Privilege of a Surgical Career: An Overview of the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2018

| December 1, 2018 | 0 Comments

by Dominick Gadaleta, MD, FACS, FASMBS, and Anthony T. Petrick, MD, FACS, FASMBS  This column is dedicated to highlighting a broad range of quality issues in bariatric surgery. Dr. Gadaleta is Associate Chair, Chief of General Surgery, MBS Director, North Shore University Hospital, Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York. Dr. Petrick is Quality Director, Geisinger Surgical […]

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