Author(s): Yousefi R; Ben-Porat T; Marques Vieira A; Lavoie KL; Bacon SL;

Background: Prioritizing patients for metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) based on their potential postoperative benefits is essential. Objectives: To examine changes in quality of life (QoL) during the initial postoperative year among patients with diverse eligibility statuses and determine which group experiences greater benefits. Setting: Center in ...

Article GUID: 39304457

Author(s): Parrott JM; Benson-Davies S; O' Kane M; Sherf-Dagan S; Ben-Porat T; Arcone VM; Faria SL; Parrott JS;

Background: Clinical practice recommendations for macronutrient intake in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (MBS) are insufficiently grounded in the research, possibly due to a paucity of research in key areas necessary to support macronutrient recommendations. An initial scoping r ...

Article GUID: 39262138

Author(s): Farnesi BC; Kaffash K; Cohen TR; Alberga AS;

Background: With increasing prevalence of severe obesity in youth, more adolescents are becoming candidates for bariatric surgery. In Canada, bariatric surgery in adolescents is in its infancy, and long-term health outcomes are not well known. It is unknown what health care providers (HCPs) are using to prepare and guide their adolescent patients for bari ...

Article GUID: 37990654

Author(s): Ben-Porat T; Bacon SL; Woods R; Fortin A; Lavoie KL;

We aimed to explore the relationships between childhood maltreatment and changes in weight, depressive symptoms and eating behavior post-bariatric surgery (BS). Participants (n = 111, 85% females) were evaluated pre-surgery, and at 6 months (6 M) and 12 months (12 M) post-BS. History of maltreatment was assessed at baseline (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ...

Article GUID: 37432188

Author(s): Wang YN; Heidl AJ; Angeles PM; Farnesi BC; Alberga AS; Cohen TR;

Objective: Adolescents who opt for metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) will use the internet to learn about the procedure. The objective of this study is to assess the suitability of electronic patient education materials (ePEM) of North American centers that perform adolescent bariatric surgery.
Methods: Canadian ...

Article GUID: 37214509

Author(s): Sherf-Dagan S; Biton R; Ribeiro R; Kessler Y; Ben-Porat T; Raziel A; Rossoni C; Kais H; Bragança R; Santos Z; Goitein D; Viveiros O; Graham Y; Mahawar K; Sakran N;

Objectives: To describe gastrointestinal-related side-effects reported following One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (OAGB).
Methods: A multicenter study among OAGB patients across Israel (n=277) and Portugal (n=111) who were recruited to the study based on time ...

Article GUID: 37165861

Author(s): Ben-Porat T; Alberga A; Audet MC; Belleville S; Cohen TR; Garneau PY; Lavoie KL; Marion P; Mellah S; Pescarus R; Rahme E; Santosa S; Studer AS; Vuckovic D; Woods R; Yousefi R; Bacon SL;

Background: Bariatric surgery leads to profound changes in gut microbiota and dietary patterns, both of which may interact to impact gut-brain communication. Though cognitive function improves postsurgery, there is a large variability in outcomes. How bariatric surgery-induced modifications in th ...

Article GUID: 37088645

Author(s): Robbie Woods

CONCLUSIONS: Depressive symptom scores reduced substantially following surgery; comparable decreases occurred 6 through 24 months after surgery. These findings can help inform practitioners of the typical evolution of depressive symptoms following surgery and where deviations from this may require additional intervention.

Article GUID: 36823768

Author(s): Ben-Porat T; Košir U; Peretz S; Sherf-Dagan S; Stojanovic J; Sakran N;

Background: Emerging evidence suggest that problematic eating behaviors such as food addiction (FA) and binge eating (BE) may alter following bariatric surgery (BS) and impact weight outcomes. We aimed to examine the prevalence of FA and BE and their associations with weight outcomes 2 years post-sleeve gastrectomy (SG). Methods: Forty-five women (mean a ...

Article GUID: 35048249

Author(s): Turner L; Santosa S;

With increasing adiposity in obesity, adipose tissue macrophages contribute to adipose tissue malfunction and increased circulating proinflammatory cytokines. The chronic low-grade inflammation that occurs in obesity ultimately gives rise to a state of metainflammation that increases the risk of metabolic disease. To date, only lifestyle and surgical inte ...

Article GUID: 33979430

Author(s): Julien CA, Lavoie KL, Ribeiro PAB, Dragomir AI, Mercier LA, Garneau PY, Pescarus R, Bacon SL

Metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) yields unprecedented clinical outcomes, though variability is high in weight change and health benefits. Behavioral weight management (BWM) interventions may optimize MBS outcomes. However, there is a lack of an evidence base to inform their use in practice, ...

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