Why Some Can’t Lose Weight After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Washington (dbTechno) - Gastric bypass surgery is very popular, and is a procedure which works by allowing your body to function properly, while cutting down on your hunger.  This causes the majority of obese people to shed a great amount of weight, but for some, it doesn’t work that way.

Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco carried out a study on 310 people in total.

The goal of the study was to see just how effective gastric bypass surgery was on a wide array of individuals.

At the start of the study, all of the patients involved had a BMI of 52.

For the record, if you have a BMI of 40 or above you are normally considered morbidly obese.

They followed them for a year after the surgery, and found that the majority dropped 60% of their excess body weight.

This was not the case for all though, as 12.3% were unable to have any big weight loss.

They looked into a variety of factors as to why this was the case.

What they found was that diabetes, and having a larger stomach pouch were the reasons for poor weight loss.

The study shows that patients who have to take insulin actually promote fat and cholesterol build-up.

Changing up your medication could fix this though promptly.

The study has been published in the Archives of Surgery.