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Effective strategies for prevention of obesity, particularly in youths, have been elusive since the recognition of obesity as a major public health issue two decades ago. In general, obesity is a result of chronic, quantitative imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure, which is influenced by a combination of genetic, environmental, psychological and social factors. Therefore, a systems...
The morbidly obese and especially the super-morbidly obese (>225% ideal body weight) often require gastric bypass surgery as treatment for long-term remission of their obesity. The extended gastric bypass Roux-en-Y (X-GBP) procedure evolved as a result of a perceived need to increase weight loss in morbidly obese subjects beyond the limitations of the regular gastric bypass Roux-en-Y (R-GBP). We...
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