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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Surgery Bests Lifestyle Changes, GLP-1s for Durable Weight Loss


Originally published by our sister publication General Surgery News

By Ajai Srinivas

SAN DIEGO—Bariatric surgery far outperforms lifestyle interventions and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications at maintaining weight loss, according to a meta-analysis presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

With results from six randomized controlled trials, three systematic reviews and more than 40,000 patients, the study is the first synthesis