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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"gastric banding"”.
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The Relationship of Physical Activity, Eating Behaviors, and Hunger Control to Weight Loss and Quality of Life in Gastric Banding Patients
Gastric banding as a weight loss surgery has increased in popularity in the United States since its approval by the Food and Drug Administration in 2001. Successful weight loss after weight loss surgery is most frequently defined as greater than 50 percent of excess weight loss (EWL). Systematic …
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Are depression, anxiety, body mass index, and types of surgery predictive of weight loss and psychological outcomes after bariatric surgery?
… in the effect of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass versus laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding on post-surgical surgical outcomes. Methods: The study is a retrospective one-group pre-test-post-test design study that examined 88 (Females = 81, Males = 7) bariatric surgery …
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PPARgamma-Polymorphismus (Pro12Ala)
… das Körpergewichtund den Gewichtsverlauf nach gastric banding Operationen untersucht haben. Weiter untersuchten wir Parameter des Glukosestoffwechsels (Glukose, Insulin, C-Peptid). PPARs sind transkriptionelle Regulatoren der Genexpression in Glukose- und Lipidstoffwechsel und nehmen eine …
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An Evaluation of 1) Bone Changes Following Bariatric Surgery and 2) Fat and Muscle Indices Assessed by pQCT: Implications for Osteoporosis and Type-2 Diabetes Risk
STUDY 1 Aim: To compare the effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) on changes in bone mineral density (BMD), weight loss and blood biomarkers related to bone turnover, hormonal, and nutrient status. Subjects: Nine bariatric surgery patients. …
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Baseline cortical activation to food pictures associated with change in weight, hunger, cognitive restraint, and disinhibition following bariatric surgery
… with post-surgical laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) outcomes. We hypothesized that areas previously implicated in food motivation and reward, as well as, cognitive control(inferior, middle, medial superior prefrontal cortex (PFC))would be associated with changes in weight, …
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Weight Loss Surgery Decision Process: A Grounded Theory Study
… obesity is weight loss surgery, most commonly gastric bypass or gastric banding. Furthermore, weight loss surgery may be clinically indicated for the treatment of morbid obesity to reduce co-morbid disease processes and promote health. However, it remains an elective surgery and ultimately a …
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Utilizing pQCT and Biomarkers of Bone Turnover to Study Influences of Physical Activity or Bariatric Surgery on Structural and Metabolic Status of Bone
… pre-menopausal women; 2) effects of adjustable gastric banding (AGB) vs. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgeries on pQCT and DXA measures; 3) 6-month time course changes on serum biomarkers of bone turnover and associated adipokines induced by AGB vs. RYGB. Methods: Standard DXA and pQCT …
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Changes in gastrointestinal hormones, leptin, and satiety after gastric bypass surgery
The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is a well-accepted tool for the treatment of obesity and compared to conventional weight loss methods (e.g. diet and exercise) and other weight loss surgeries (e.g. gastric banding), it results in considerable weight loss that is maintained long-term. Although …