Medical Literature

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Want more details?  We've developed summary sheets for key obesity literature so that you can get closer to the 'source' information.  We believe that these summarize some of the best articles from medical journals and scientific literature about obesity, weight loss, surgery, and patient health.

Obesity Incidence and Impact

The Evolution of Human Fatness and Susceptibility to Obesity : An Ethological Approach

The Effect of Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors on Expenditures and Productivity in the United States

Years of Life Lost Due to Obesity

Maternal Obesity and Gestational Diabetes Lead to Increased Rates of Metabolic Syndrome in Children

Business and Public Health Aspects of Obesity

Health Implications for Patients, Health Professionals, and Third-Party Payers

15 Million Obese Texans by 2040

Bariatric Surgery in Diabetic Patients

Medicare's Search for Effective Obesity Treatments – Diets are Not the Answer

Individual Costs of Being Obese

Bariatric Surgery: An Overview for Benefit Managers

Measuring the Cost of Obesity to Texas Employers

Comparison of Weight Loss Treatments

Comparison of the Atkins, Ornish, Weight Watchers, and Zone Diets for Weight Loss and Heart Disease Risk Reduction

Weight Loss Maintenance In Severely Obese Adults After An Intense Lifestyle Intervention: 2-To-4 Year Follow Up

Gastric Bypass vs. Sleeve Gastrectomy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Obesity and Diet

Weight Loss Strategies That Really Work

Bariatric Surgery Impact on Longevity and Specific Diseases

Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Mortality in Swedish Patients

Overweight, Obesity and Mortality from Cancer

Lifestyle, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors 10 years after Bariatric Surgery

Other Bariatric Surgery Literature

Perioperative Safety in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery

Hormonal Mechanisms of Weight Loss

Bariatric Surgery and Long-Term Control of Morbid Obesity

Disappointing Mid-Term Results After Lap Gastric Banding in Young Patients

Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Metabolic Syndrome: A Population-Based, Long-term Controlled Study 

Lap Adjustable Gastric Banding Vs. Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass

Bariatric Surgery Outcomes, Summary Reports, Position Statements

Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity

Bariatric Surgery Affect on DM2 & Metabolic Syndrome

Bariatric Surgery and Long-Term Control of Morbid Obesity

Weight Loss and Long-Term Follow-Up of Severely Obese Individuals Treated With an Intense Behavioral Program

Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity

Bariatric Surgery, Fertility and Pregnancy

Womb Environment Impacts Childhood Obesity 

Effects of Maternal Surgical Weight Loss in Mothers on Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity

Pregnancy and Fertility Following Bariatric Surgery, A Systematic Review

Bariatric Surgery and Obesity

Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity

 

Bariatric Surgery and Nutrition

Obesity Genetics and Causes

Neural Correlates of Food Addiction

Genetic Causes of Obesity – Research Overview

Obesity and Polymorphisms in Genes Regulating Human Adipose Tissue