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Sensitivity and Specificity of 50% Excess Weight Loss (50%EWL) and Twelve Other Bariatric Criteria for Weight Loss Success

Obesity Surgery, 2018
Criteria for bariatric weight loss success are numerous. Most of them are arbitrary. None of them is evidence-based. Our objective was to determine their sensitivity and specificity.Thirteen common bariatric weight loss criteria were compared to a benchmark reflecting the gold standard in bariatric surgery. We used an elaborate baseline BMI-independent
Arnold W, van de Laar, A S, van Rijswijk, H, Kakar, S C, Bruin   +3 more
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Weight Loss Prior to Bariatric Surgery Is Not a Pre-requisite of Excess Weight Loss Outcomes in Obese Patients

Obesity Surgery, 2010
Although weight loss before bariatric surgery may carry advantages during the surgical procedure (decreased liver volume, operation duration, and blood loss), it is still debated whether it induces a greater long-term weight loss.We conducted a retrospective analysis over 539 patients operated by the same surgeon until September 2008.
Guillaume, Becouarn, Philippe, Topart, Patrick, Ritz   +2 more
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Excessive Weight Loss and Food Aversion in Athletes Simulating Anorexia Nervosa

Pediatrics, 1980
The dominant role of athletic activities in our society and the extent and intensity of sports participation by large numbers of young people create stresses causing a whole new constellation of health problems, both emotional and physical. One such problem is excessive weight loss and food aversion in athletes. The condition is in many ways similar to
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Gynecologic-obstetric changes after loss of massive excess weight following bariatric surgery.

Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1988
A clinical study was undertaken to assess gynecologic-obstetric changes in morbidly obese women who lost greater than or equal to 50% of their excess weight with bariatric surgery. The 138 females (109 of reproductive age), age 35 +/- 9 SD yr, weighed 124 +/- 23 kg before surgery and 79 +/- 13 kg after weight loss had stabilized.
M, Deitel, E, Stone, H A, Kassam, E J, Wilk, D J, Sutherland   +4 more
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Excess weight loss in three different bariatric procedures

2014
Uvod. Patološka pretilost jedan je od vodećih epidemioloških problema u svijetu i Hrvatskoj. 25% muškaraca i 23% žena u RH ima indeks tjelesne mase (BMI) veći od 30 kg/m2. Usporedili smo gubitak prekomjerne tjelesne težine (EWL), kod pacijenata kojima su rađena sljedeća tri zahvata: Sleeve resekcija, Mini gastric bypass(MGB) i Mini gastric bypass u ...
Pajtak, Alen, Bekavac-Bešlin, Miroslav
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Effects of excessive exercise and weight loss on adolescent menstrual cyclicity

Adolescent and Pediatric Gynecology, 1993
Abstract In the young female patient with menstrual irregularities, the clinician must keep in mind that excessive exercise or weight loss may be the cause of the menstrual abnormalities. The responsibility of all health care providers is to educate young women about the potential serious sequelae of hypothalamic menstrual dysfunction and the ...
Allen Morgan, Steve London
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NEUROPATHY DUE TO HYPOVITAMINOSIS FOLLOWING EXCESSIVE WEIGHT LOSS

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004
Heiser, Philip, Teepker, Michael, Möller, J. Carsten, Theisen, Frank M., Friedel, Susann, Hebebrand, Johannes, Remschmidt, Helmut   +6 more
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Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database (BOLD) Suggests Excess Weight Loss and Excess BMI Loss To Be Inappropriate Outcome Measures, Demonstrating Better Alternatives

Obesity Surgery, 2012
Excess weight loss (%EWL) results show significant variation by initial body mass index (BMI): the heavier the patient, the lower the result. It is unclear whether this effect originates from the arithmetic construction of this outcome measure or from any true difference in bariatric impact on heavier and lighter patients.
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Excessive weight loss in the athletic adolescent

Journal of Adolescent Health Care, 1983
John J. Chipman, R. Donald Hagan, John C. Edlin, Maxwell H. Soll, Betty Ruth Carruth   +4 more
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Excessive weight loss in the athletic adolescent. A diagnostic dilemma.

Journal of adolescent health care : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 1983
Differentiating anorexia nervosa (AN) from excessive weight loss in the otherwise healthy, athletic adolescent may be difficult. We report the maximal work capacity, hormonal secretory patterns, and psychological assessment of a 14-year-old male runner who induced excessive weight loss and partially recovered.
J J, Chipman, R D, Hagan, J C, Edlin, M H, Soll, B R, Carruth   +4 more
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