It may be the special diet adopted by gastric bypass patients, not the surgery itself, that results in many of the biggest benefits associated with the weight loss procedure, according to a new study.

In individuals with type 2 diabetes and comorbid obesity, the metabolic benefits of gastric bypass surgery and diet were similar and related to weight loss itself, but it had no clinically important ...

SAN DIEGO—Gastric bypass surgery may improve type 2 diabetes better than a low-calorie diet (LCD), according to data presented at The Endocrine Society’s 92 nd Annual Meeting. The data come from a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Gastric bypass surgery plus a very low-energy diet reduced lipid levels more than a very low-energy diet alone ...

Some studies have suggested that in people with type 2 diabetes, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass has therapeutic effects on metabolic function that are independent of weight loss. We evaluated metabolic ...

In normal digestion, food passes through the entire stomach and then enters the small intestine, where most of the nutrients and calories are absorbed. It then passes into the large intestine (colon), ...

My name is Myla Rose (@thatsmylar0se), and I’m 36. I live in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and I’m a health care worker and mom. After giving birth to my third child, I had gastric bypass surgery and ...