24-7PressRelease.com, 23rd September

Weight-loss surgery is only a first part of the long-term process. Patients need a post-operation program to continue weight-loss. Patients in Columbus tried marathons and half marathons. Fresh Start Posse is a weight-loss support system started in 2006 for Fresh Start patients.

“Our success would not have been possible without Fresh Start Bariatrics at Riverside Methodist Hospital, and its comprehensive weight loss program,” Chris Burkhardt, a 9-1-1 dispatcher in Columbus, who had weight loss surgery in 2006 and is now an active part of the Fresh Start Posse, said. “The Fresh Start Posse serves as a way for us to stay connected, and participate in various new activities together; we’re energized by our new lifestyle and the friendships and support from other Fresh Start patients is important for our continued weight loss success.”

Telegraph.co.uk, 28th August 2009

In eight out of ten cases diabetes can be cured by weight-loss surgery, the studies show. The research was carried out by Dr. Henry Buchwald from the University of Minnesota. More than 135.000 patients took part in the study. Most of the patients saw at least some improvements, if not a complete recovery.

Diabetes is a serious problem. More than 2.5 million British suffer from the disease. The cause of the problem is mainly obesity and, as it becomes an epidemic of XXI century, the number of diabetes patients is expected to rise.

Science Daily, 1st September 2009

The latest study shows that children of obese mothers who had weight-loss surgery tend to not having weight problems and improved cardio-metabolic markers when compared to children of obese mothers born before the weight-loss procedure.

The study was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Obesity during pregnancy can still lead to death in industrialized countries, cause insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease and pregnancy complications. Both obesity and its co-morbidities can be transmitted to the children. It means that at birth already a child is destined obese.