Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To compare obesity treatment with intragastric balloon (BIB – Bioenterics intragastric balloon) and behavioral-cognitive approach in order to determine the effectivness of these two methods in inducing weight loss, their impact on different features of metabolic syndrome and liver enzymes profile, and finally to evaluate patients attitudes and expectations regarding weight loss together with motivation and readiness to change their behaviour in order to lose w...