Modest weight loss may not provide enough health benefits to reduce risks during and after surgery in patients with clinically significant obesity.
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‘Modest weight loss may not provide enough health benefits to reduce risks during and after surgery in patients with clinically significant obesity.’
Lifestyle changes leading to weight loss have not shown a benefit in reducing the postoperative outcomes in these patients," said lead author Dr. Marius Roman, of the University of Leicester, in the UK. "We would like to thank the British Heart Foundation for supporting this work."
Source-Eurekalert
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