Key result
Adding exercise to bariatric surgery may improve metabolic health beyond surgery-induced weight loss alone.
Why the study?
Does exercise improve weight loss and metabolic health in patients who undergo bariatric surgery?
Population
Patients who undergo bariatric surgery
Comparison
Exercise as a complementary adjunct therapy vs Surgery-induced weight loss alone
Design
Review
Authors
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Supports adjunct exercise post-bariatric surgery; hypothesis-generating pending definitive RCTs.
Does exercise improve weight loss and metabolic health in patients who undergo bariatric surgery?
Exercise may serve as a beneficial adjunct therapy to bariatric surgery for improving metabolic health, highlighting the need for further randomized controlled trials to establish clinical guidelines.
Coen et al. (2015) conducted a review in Obesity post-bariatric surgery. Exercise vs. Surgery-induced weight loss alone was evaluated on Weight loss and metabolic health. Exercise as an adjunct therapy to bariatric surgery may provide further improvements in metabolic health compared with surgery-induced weight loss alone, though more randomized trials are needed.
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