Published in Obesity Facts
Background: Bariatric surgery is associated with greater and more sustainable weight loss compared with lifestyle intervention programs. On the other hand, bariatric surgery may also be associated with physical and psychosocial complications. The influence of psychological evaluation on treatment choice, however, is not known. We aimed to examine v...
Dada la alta prevalencia de obesidad y la pobre efectividad de los tratamientos no quirúrgicos, la cirugía bariátrica (CB) constituye una alternativa cada vez más frecuente, con implicaciones a nivel físico, psicológico y social, entre las que destacan aquellas relativas a la imagen corporal (IC). El objetivo de este estudio fue describir los cambi...
Research constituting this thesis was supported by: NIHR Evelyn Trust Royal College of Surgeons European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes Wellcome Trust
Background and aims: Predictive equations remain the clinical tool of choice to estimate the energy expenditure, however, poor accuracy has been found when applied in patients with severe obesity. The aim of this study was to test the accuracy of the total energy expenditure (TEE) those obtained by predictive equations of resting energy expenditure...
Bariatriac surgery (BS) has become an increasingly used procedure in the treatment of class III obesity, as this surgery helps to lose weight while eliminate or reduce comorbidities. On the other hand, little is known about its effects on an individual's biopsychosocial functioning. The present research contrasts fast weight loss (BS) and slow weig...
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Purpose: Given the importance of physical activities for health outcomes, it is still unclear whether bariatric surgery per se and the standard care after surgery would result in an increase of physical activity level. This study aimed to determine physical activities preoperatively and at 6 and 12 months postoperatively among female patients who u...
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