ScienceAlert : declared in Microbes, not food restriction, could be the key to our most effective treatment for obesity

If so, for some people a simple microbial transplant might make the risks, pain, and complications of gastric bypass redundant. Gastric bypass surgery is the most effective way for those with morbid obesity to lose weight, but new research has confirmed that there could be more to the procedure's success than just limiting food intake. The scientists analysed the diversity of microbial genomes as well as their waste products in 24 people who had undergone a gastric bypass procedure. Roux-en Y gastric bypass surgery is no simple procedure – a part of the stomach is stitched closed, making a small pouch for swallowed food to move into. Best of all, this new assortment of gut bugs sticks around, helping patients lose weight long after the surgery.

Childhood obesity treatment as effective for parents without the child, study finds

They recruited 150 parents with children between the ages of 8 and 12 and sent them either to family-based treatment or parent-only treatment. Family-based therapy is considered the gold-standard and has been the most effective intervention so far, experts say. Experts who endorse family-based treatment acknowledge it was never a perfect solution. But a new study finds that programs aimed at parents -- without the kids -- may be just as effective a tool as therapies that include the whole family. "We wanted to know if a child needed to come to treatment for parents to help their overweight kids lose weight," she said.


Family-based treatment (FBT) has been considered the best model for the treatment of obese children. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found parent-based therapy (PBT) -; where the child does not attend -; has similar outcomes and could be more cost-effective. "Although FBT has been used as the gold standard of treatment, this is our second study that shows PBT is similarly effective. In FBT, children learn the material from therapists and other children in the group, as well as from their parents at home. In both groups the same amount of PBT parents (92.5 percent) and FBT parents (93.4 percent) felt the program they attended helped change and improve their family and child's lifestyle.


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