Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of the Body Image Assessment in Obesity (BIA-O) scale in a UK obesity clinic population by assessing its performance in individuals with a Body Mass Index (BMI) above 50 Kg/m2, evaluating whether obese subjects selected achievable ‘reasonable’ body sizes, and comparing the relationship between body dissatisfaction on the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI-2) and BIA-O.Methods: Subjects attending...

Background & aims: Data comparing the effect of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) on type-2 diabetes (T2D) outcomes and the relationship between weight-loss (WL) and T2D remission are limited. Thus, we undertook a retrospective study of patients with obesity and T2D who underwent RYGB or SG and examined the relationship between 2-year (2y) post-surgery T2D and WL outcomes.Material & methods: Patients who underwent RYGB (...