Weight-loss Surgery: Get Thinner and Fight Cancer

The journal Obesity Surgery reports that bariatric surgery may do more than lower the risk of heart problems and improve type 2 diabetes in obese patients.

A study of more than 54,000 people looked at cancer rates after surgery and found that before surgery obese individual has double the risk of cancer rates than the normal weight individuals.  After surgery, the rate went back to the same as normal weight individuals.

Source:  Obes Surg, 2014:doi:10,1007

Robert G. Tupac, DDS, FACP, Inc.,
Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics
(661) 325-1275 | www.drtupac.com
5060 California Ave., #170, Bakersfield, CA 93309

Obesity Surgery Changes Taste, Smell, Appetite

The journal Obesity Surgery has published a study on the effects of (Roux-en-Y) gastric bypass surgery.  It indicates that patients will likely experience sensory changes in taste, smell or appetite.  The Leicester Royal Infirmary in Leicester, England reported that a group of 103 patients who had surgery between 2000 and 2011 had the following side effects:

• 97% experienced changes in appetite
• 73% had changes in taste
• 43% had changes in smell
• 73% had aversion to specific foods

Those with food aversions (most often to meat products) had significantly greater weight loss and loss in body mass index.

Robert G. Tupac, DDS, FACP, Inc., Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics (661) 325-1275 | www.drtupac.com 5060 California Ave., #170, Bakersfield, CA 93309