Halo effect: Family members of gastric-bypass patients also lose weight, study finds. John Morton Family members of patients who have undergone surgery for weight loss may also shed several pounds themselves, as well as eat healthier and exercise more, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine. A year after the 35 patients in the study had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, which involves making the stomach smaller and re-arranging part of the small intestine, their obese adult family members participating in the study weighed on average 8 pounds less, the researchers say.
In addition, many of the children in these families appeared to benefit through their close association with the patient; they exhibited a lower body mass index than would have been expected given their growth curve. The study notes that overweight women on a traditional medically supervised diet, such as Atkins or Ornish, lose between 2 and 5 percent of their body weight over 12 months. The findings were published Oct. 17 in the Archives of Surgery. Weight Loss Surgery News - Consumer Guide to Bariatric Surgery. Want to know the latest developments in weight loss surgery? Read on. Pre-pregnancy Weight Loss Surgery Spares Offspring from Obesity Bariatric surgery can help break the cycle of obesity that plagues many a family, according to a new report in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).
Teens and young children of obese mothers who underwent weight loss surgery prior to pregnancy are less likely to be obese or have risk factors for heart disease and diabetes; this compared with siblings born before the same mothers underwent weight loss surgery. "This is very exciting stuff," says Jacqueline Stark Odom, PhD, the director of psychology at the Beaumont Weight Control Center in Royal Oak, Michigan, and a member of the editorial advisory board for the Consumer Guide to Bariatric Surgery.
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