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Old 08-06-07, 04:11 PM   #3 (permalink)
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8/1/2006
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Re: Weight Gain after gastric bypass when studied long term

Yep, obesity surgery is not an end all.....you still need to make the lifestyle changes


This is a very small sample size though, however it seems to show that old habits and genentic factors may influence your chances of long term success. I am saddened to see that the "failure rate" for the people who needed the weight loss the most was 1/3."

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The super obese lost more rapidly from time zero and gained more rapidly after reaching the lowest weight at approximately 2 years than the morbidly obese patients. There was no difference in results between the long- and short-limb operations. There was a significant increase in failures and decrease in excellent results at 10 years when compared with 5 years. The failure rate when all patients are followed for at least 10 years was 20.4% for morbidly obese patients and 34.9% for super obese patients.
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