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Bariatric Surgery vs. Diet

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

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Bariatric Surgery Can Improve Diabetic Vision

Most gastric bipast patients and regaining some of the fat they lose over the first year or two after surgery. But five years later, three quarters maintain at least a 20 % weight loss. Bariatric surgery recipients have nearly four times the odds of suicide compared with counterpots not undergoing the procedure. Mirror image analyses show the risk of serious self harm increases post surgery among the same individuals. Even those who successfully lose their excess weight and keep it off appear to have a hard time coping. And ten years out, though physical health related quality of life imp general mental health tends to significantly deteriorate even among the biggest losers.

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