Bariatric surgery is a medical procedure that alters the digestive system to help individuals with obesity lose weight by limiting food intake, nutrient absorption, or both. Globally, obesity has ...

Reductions in measured GFR after bariatric surgery were positively correlated with baseline measured GFR before surgery, ...

Credit: Getty Images Our easy-to-read fact sheet provides an overview of weight loss surgical procedures, such as gastric sleeve and gastric bypass. Our easy-to-read fact sheets provide clinicians ...

Among women 1 year after bariatric surgery, longer rapid eye movement sleep is linked to lower body fat, whereas greater ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. While the use of weight-loss drugs is on the rise, they join a suite of already-common interventions known as bariatric ...

If you think only obese people need bariatric surgery you are wrong Read this article to learn from a doctor who should ...