Doctor, how much weight will I lose? - a new individualized predictive model for weight loss

• Author(s): Goulart, André ; Leão, Pedro ; Costa, Patrício Soares ; Pereira, Maria ; Fernandes, Aline ; Manso, Fernando ; Costa, José Maia da
• Date: 2016
• Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/46087
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Bariatric surgery; Sleeve gastrectomy; Weight loss
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Universidade do Minho

Description

Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for weight loss, but the patient’s ability to reach a sustained weight loss depends upon several technical and individual factors. Creating an easy model that adapts bariatric surgery’s weight loss goals for each patient is very important for pre-surgery and follow-up evaluations.