Background Weight loss trajectories after bariatric surgery vary widely between individuals,
and predicting weight loss before the operation remains challenging. We aimed to develop a …

Obesity is a complex, multifactorial and chronic disease. Bariatric surgery is a safe and
effective treatment intervention for obesity and obesity-related diseases. However, weight …

Background Bariatric surgery is the most effective obesity treatment. Weight loss varies
among patients, and not everyone achieves desired outcome. Identification of predictive …

Background Limited data guide the prediction of weight loss success or failure after bariatric
surgery according to presurgery factors. There is significant variation in weight change after …

Abstract Objectives Laparoscopic metabolic surgery (MxS) can lead to remission of type 2
diabetes (T2D); however, treatment response to MxS can be heterogeneous. Here, we …

Background: Surgery is the only long-lasting effective treatment for morbid obesity.
Prediction on successful weight loss after surgery by data mining technologies is lacking …

Previously published literature has identified a few predictors of health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) after bariatric surgery. However, performance of the predictive models was not …

Background Current methods for weight loss assessment after bariatric surgery do not meet
the high standards required to accurately judge patient outcome in a fair and evidence …

Background Insight into the effects of gender and age on bariatric weight loss can be
disturbed by the well-known influence of initial body mass index (BMI) on excess weight loss …

Excess weight loss (% EWL) results show significant variation by initial body mass index
(BMI): the heavier the patient, the lower the result. It is unclear whether this effect originates …