Sensitivity to Sweets Tied to Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery medscape.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medscape.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A study led by scientists from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, in Lisbon, concludes that bariatric surgery - that is, procedures used to treat severe obesity by reconfiguring the gastrointestinal tract -, leads to greater weight loss in patients who, before the surgery, had a heightened perception of sweetness.
Although bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for severe obesity, the outcome of the procedure in terms of weight loss varies significantly from patient to patient. Thus, understanding why some patients benefit more than others from bariatric surgery may be paramount to estimate what to expect from the surgery for a given patient - and ultimately, to decide whether to perform it at all on that patient.
La sensibilidad al sabor dulce predice la pérdida de peso debido a la cirugía infosalus.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from infosalus.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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