ea0065p239 | Metabolism and Obesity | SFEBES2019
Leca Bianca
, Dimitriadis Georgios K
, Khan Uzma
, Abraham Jenny
, Halder Louise
, Shuttlewood Emma
, Shah Neha
, Barber Thomas M
, Menon Vinod
, Randeva Harpal S
Background: The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) called earlier this year for obesity to urgently be recognized as a disease, and warned that until this happens its prevalence is unlikely to be reduced. Obesity is associated with multiple comorbidities, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension (HT), and dyslipidemia. Bariatric surgery (BS) produces dramatic weight loss, with improvement of obesity associated comorbidities and decrease of overall mortality.<...