The Importance of Caloric Restriction in the Early Improvements in Insulin Sensitivity After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery | Zendy

Kerem Özer | Zendy; Shadi Abdelnour | Zendy; Ajjai Alva | Zendy

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The Importance of Caloric Restriction in the Early Improvements in Insulin Sensitivity After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

Author(s) -

Kerem Özer,

Shadi Abdelnour,

Ajjai Alva

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc10-1586

Subject(s) - medicine , caloric theory , roux en y anastomosis , gastric bypass , gastric bypass surgery , diabetes mellitus , insulin sensitivity , surgery , insulin , weight loss , obesity , endocrinology , insulin resistance

We commend Isbell et al. (1) on an important study on the immediate weight loss–independent effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and caloric restriction on glucose metabolism. The study, along with others (2), adds to the increasing understanding of changes in insulin resistance postbariatric surgery. However, the criteria applied to select the …

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