ea0073oc15.1 | Oral Communications 15: Late Breaking | ECE2021
Laforest Sofia
, Denham Scott
, Denver Nina
, Biertho Laurent
, Homer Natalie Z.M.
, Andrew Ruth
, Tchernof Andre
BackgroundObesity is closely associated with impaired adipose tissue function. Although bariatric surgery is the treatment of choice for severe obesity and its related conditions, there are conflicting data on the reversal of adipose tissue dysfunction after surgery-induced weight loss. We hypothesise that local steroid hormone availability influences fat deposition or mobilisation and that these changes track with weight loss improvements, because plasm...