All Articles on Obesity
Exercise: Your Rx to prevent depression?Dr. Greg Simon explains how even modest physical activity can lift your mood.
Two types of bariatric surgery give similar outcomes at 5 yearsBut longer follow-up is needed to compare sleeve vs. bypass, says Dr. Arterburn, who wrote a JAMA editorial with Dr. Gupta
Bariatric surgery may lower cancer risk in people with severe obesityDr. David Arterburn and colleagues report encouraging findings about how weight loss surgery may affect cancer development—particularly in women.
How can your neighborhood nudge you toward healthier behavior?Dr. David Arterburn and UW/KPWHRI team go hyperlocal with $2.67-million Moving to Health award from NIDDK on ‘built environment.’
How can we use technology to support patients after bariatric surgery?With funding from the Partnership for Innovation, KPWHRI is evaluating a new technology-based lifestyle program designed by KPWHRI bariatric surgeons.
Bariatric surgery keeps weight off in long termWeight loss persisted for 10 years with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in Dr. Arterburn’s large multisite study of veterans.
Bariatric surgery may have ‘legacy effect’ on diabetes complicationsDr. Arterburn linked even short-term diabetes remission to less risk for microvascular kidney, eye, and limb diseases
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