The Dr. Now diet is a restrictive 1,200 calorie-per-day diet designed for people prepping for weight loss surgery. Can it ...

More than 40% of Americans are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And the epidemic isn ...

Perioperative optimization of nutrition leads to lower risks, better outcomes, and improved quality of life for adult patients undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery, according to an updated ...

“Weight loss quality is a new concept….The discussion no longer revolves around the lack of adequate efficacy but rather ...

Veg Foods For Bariatric Surgery Patients. As per Ms Mariam Lakdawala (Registered Dietician), some of the best ingredients a person can include in a vegetarian diet are: ...

Bariatric patients can have a difficult time processing these unpleasant emotions while in the midst of a challenging recovery process. ... Society tells us that through diet and exercise, ...

In patients with obesity, gastric bypass surgery plus a very low-energy diet reduced major atherogenic blood lipids to a greater degree than a very low-energy diet alone at 6 weeks, according to ...

Two weeks before bariatric surgery, for instance, patients switch to a liquid diet, which helps shrink the patient’s liver and kick-starts weight loss in the patient, Morton said. After the surgery, ...