Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Risk of Early Death, 40-Year Study Shows
A new study published in the journal Obesity found that people with severe obesity who underwent bariatric (weight loss) surgery were significantly less likely to die from heart disease, diabetes, or cancer, compared with people with severe obesity who didn’t have the surgery.After a follow-up of up to 40 years post-surgery, people who underwent weight loss surgery saw their risk of premature death from any cause cut by 16 percent when compared with matched subjects who did not have bariatric surgery, says coauthor Ted D. Adams, PhD, MPH, researcher and professor at Intermountain Surgical Specialties–Digestive Health Clinical Program and in the department of nutrition and integrative physiology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.“Additionally, the patients who had bariatric surgery had 29 percent, 43 percent, and 72 percent…