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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) reduces the gastric lumen to a size comparable with that of laparoscopic… Expand

Weight loss can be achieved through a variety of modalities, but long-term maintenance of lost weight is much more challenging… Expand

Obesity is associated with both increased cancer incidence and progression in multiple tumour types, and is estimated to… Expand

The objective of this comprehensive review is to summarize and discuss the available evidence of how adipose tissue inflammation… Expand

With their novel, insulin-independent mechanism, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a major turning point in… Expand

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has become an accepted primary bariatric operation. Like other bariatric… Expand

This review focuses on the mechanisms underlying, and indications for, bariatric surgery in the reduction of cardiovascular… Expand

BACKGROUND Obesity is associated with increased mortality. Weight loss improves cardiovascular risk factors, but no prospective… Expand

Two groups of beneficial bacteria are dominant in the human gut, the Bacteroidetes and the Firmicutes. Here we show that the… Expand

BACKGROUND Leptin, the product of the ob gene, is a hormone secreted by adipocytes. Animals with mutations in the ob gene are… Expand