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Article: Reports from University of Utah add new data to research in bariatrics.
- Article from:
- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- November 7, 2009
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"Recent international cancer prevention guidelines recommend weight loss, where appropriate, for the purpose of cancer risk reduction. However, limited research associates voluntary weight loss to subsequent cancer incidence because of the difficulty of achieving long-term weight loss maintenance among large participant groups," scientists writing in the World Journal of Surgery report (see also Bariatrics).
"Bariatric surgery has demonstrated long-term sustained weight loss, and as a result, patients after bariatric surgery represent an ideal population to explore the relationship between long-term, voluntary weight loss and cancer incidence. This paper briefly ...