Source: Obesity | Harvard Public Health Magazine | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Obesity
Study finds 90 percent of American men overfat — ScienceDaily
The term overfat refers to the presence of excess body fat that can impair health, and may include even normal-weight non-obese individuals. Excess body fat, especially abdominal fat, is associated with increased risk of chronic diseases, increased morbidity and mortality, and reduced quality of life.
Source: Study finds 90 percent of American men overfat — ScienceDaily
I am not obese, just overfat.
Sarcopenic obesity, weight loss, and mortality: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Obesity Prevalence Maps 2014 – CDC
Weight Loss May Be Fleeting With Lap Sleeve Gastrectomy | Medpage Today
Weight Loss May Be Fleeting With Lap Sleeve Gastrectomy | Medpage Today.
Cost of Gastric Sleeve Surgery – 2015 Price Survey.
Two links presented without the usual snide comments.
Obese Patients Unlikely to Return to Normal Weight | Medpage Today
Of those who did achieve 5% weight loss, 53% regained the weight within 2 years and 78% had regained it within 5 years, according to the study.
via Obese Patients Unlikely to Return to Normal Weight | Medpage Today.
Weight Gain After Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
Alcoholism after gastric bypass: Is it in your mind or gut? » Scienceline
In 2012, a large study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that the percentage of patients abusing alcohol increased from 7.6 percent before surgery to 9.6 percent two years after surgery — that’s potentially an additional 2,000 alcoholics each year in the United States. Since then, a growing body of evidence has corroborated these findings. The longest-running study suggests the effect persists even a decade after surgery.
via Alcoholism after gastric bypass: Is it in your mind or gut? » Scienceline.
Can We Medicate Our Way Out of the Obesity Epidemic?
Body-Mass Index and Mortality among Adults with Incident Type 2 Diabetes — NEJM
Conclusions
We observed a J-shaped association between BMI and mortality among all participants and among those who had ever smoked and a direct linear relationship among those who had never smoked. We found no evidence of lower mortality among patients with diabetes who were overweight or obese at diagnosis, as compared with their normal-weight counterparts, or of an obesity paradox.
via Body-Mass Index and Mortality among Adults with Incident Type 2 Diabetes — NEJM.
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