Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

A round-up of the ONWARDS phase 3 clinical trials evaluating the novel weekly insulin icodec in people with diabetes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Obesity Surgery
Published in: Obesity Surgery 10/2015

01-10-2015 | Letter to the Editor

BMI: the Weakness of a Milestone in Obesity Management and Treatment

Authors: Francesco Frattini, Matteo Lavazza, Stefano Rausei, Francesca Rovera, Luigi Boni, Gianlorenzo Dionigi

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 10/2015

Login to get access

Excerpt

Pathogenesis of obesity includes genetic, behavioural, psychologic, nutritional, environmental and neuro-immuno- endocrinologic factors. …
Literature
1.
Tagliabue A, Elli M. The role of gut microbiota in human obesity: recent findings and future perspectives. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2013;23:160–8.CrossRefPubMed
2.
Padwal RS, Pajewski NM, Allison DB, et al. Using the Edmonton obesity staging system to predict mortality in a population-representative cohort of people with overweight and obesity. CMAJ. 2011;183(4):1059–66.CrossRef
3.
Busetto L, Dixon J, De Luca M, et al. Bariatric surgery in class I obesity. Obes Surg. 2014;24:487–519.CrossRefPubMed
4.
Scozzari G, Passera R, Benvenga R, et al. Age as a long-term prognostic factor in bariatric surgery. Ann Surg. 2012;256(5):724–9.CrossRefPubMed
5.
Aslan IR, Campos GM, Calton MA, et al. Weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in obese patients heterozygous for MC4R mutations. Obes Surg. 2011;21:930–4.PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed
6.
Balasar O, Çakir T, Erkal Ö, Aslaner A, Çekiç B, Uyar M, Bülbüller N, Oruç MT. The effect of rs9939609 FTO gene polymorphism on weight loss after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Surg Endosc 2015
7.
Damms-Machado A, Mitra S, Schollenberger AE, Kramer KM, Meile T, Königsrainer A, Huson DH, Bischoff SC. Effects of surgical and dietary weight loss therapy for obesity on gut microbiota composition and nutrient absorption. Biomed Research International 2015
Metadata
Title
BMI: the Weakness of a Milestone in Obesity Management and Treatment
Authors
Francesco Frattini
Matteo Lavazza
Stefano Rausei
Francesca Rovera
Luigi Boni
Gianlorenzo Dionigi
Publication date
01-10-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 10/2015
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-015-1795-3

Other articles of this Issue 10/2015

Obesity Surgery 10/2015 Go to the issue

How I Do It

Laparoscopic Revision of an Omega Loop Gastric Bypass to Treat Afferent Loop Syndrome

Original Contributions

Laparoscopic Gastric Banding in Obese Patients with Sleep Apnea: A 3-Year Controlled Study and Follow-up After 10 Years

Video Submission

Endoscopic Management of Massive Hemorrhage 12 h Post Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Erratum

Erratum to: Impact of Extent of Antral Resection on Surgical Outcomes of Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity (A Prospective Randomized Study)

Original Contributions

Formation of the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry, SOReg

Original Contributions

Manometry of the Upper Gut Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Indicates That the Gastric Pouch and Roux Limb Act as a Common Cavity