ReviewDiabetes, obesity & metabolism2025
The latest evidence and guidance in lifestyle and surgical interventions to achieve weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of continuous positive airway pressure combined with lifestyle intervention on patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a multilevel meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of probiotic supplementation for body weight management in overweight and obese adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials predominantly from East Asia.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Real-World Evidence for Existing Anti-Obesity Therapies-The Realities of Treatment Adherence, Tolerability, Access and Patient Satisfaction.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Review
- Endoscopic Bariatric Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Patient Selection, Nutritional Risk, and Periprocedural Management.Metabolites · 2026Review
- Impact of high-intensity interval training vs. moderate-intensity continuous training combined with strength training on physical and metabolic outcomes in post-bariatric surgery patients with sarcopenic obesity.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Drug poisonings following bariatric surgery: Case series report.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Article
- Global Trends in Bariatric Surgery for the Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome: A Bibliometric and Visualization Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Surgical Intervention for Adolescent Obesity: Evolution of the Scientific Agenda from 1980 to the Present.Obesity surgery · 2026Review
- Relevance and Safe Utilization of Amino Acids in Supplements for Human Nutrition: Lessons from Clinical and Preclinical Studies.Nutrients · 2026Review
- The Global Obesity Epidemic: Epidemiology, Health Burden and Policy Priorities.European cardiology · 2026Review
- From needles to pills: oral GLP-1 therapy enters the obesity arena.Cardiovascular diabetology. Endocrinology reports · 2025Article
- The latest evidence and guidance in lifestyle and surgical interventions to achieve weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2025Review
- Changes in bioelectrical and non-bioelectrical variables associated with overweight after a weight-loss program based on intestinal microbiota modulation.Journal of electrical bioimpedance · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of obesity and related co-morbidities has reached epidemic proportions. Effective evidence-based treatment approaches are therefore important. Lifestyle intervention remains the mainstay of the treatment strategy to manage obesity. Increased evidence has also emerged regarding the efficacy of metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) to induce significant and sustained weight loss while also reducing the progression of obesity-related co-morbidities for people living with obesity. AIMS &
methodsThis article aims to bring together current evidence, guidance and best practice for the prevention and management of people living with overweight or obesity by means of lifestyle and behavioural intervention, as well as by MBS.
resultLifestyle intervention encompasses dietary strategies, physical activity and behavioural intervention. Discussion on MBS will focus on current indications, comparison between different MBS procedures, novel endoscopic techniques, potential complications and pre-operative management. PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY: The number of people living with excess weight and complications associated with being overweight is alarmingly quite high. Effective treatment approaches that are supported by clinical studies are therefore important. Lifestyle changes remain very important to manage excess weight. Increased evidence has also shown the benefits of weight loss surgery to produce significant weight loss which could be sustained, while also reducing the risk of developing medical conditions associated with excess weight. This article aims to bring together current evidence, guidance and best practice for the prevention and management of people living with excess weight by means of lifestyle and behavioural changes, as well as by weight loss surgery. Lifestyle intervention encompasses dietary strategies, physical activity and behavioural intervention. Discussion on weight loss surgery will focus on current criteria for suitability, comparison between different weight loss surgery procedures, new techniques, possible complications and appropriate management prior to weight loss surgery.
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