Navigation Links
Physical activity after bariatric surgery improves weight loss, quality of life
Date:11/17/2008

PROVIDENCE, RI A new study by researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine suggests increased physical activity after bariatric surgery can yield better postoperative outcomes.

According to the study, published online by the journal Obesity, previously inactive patients who became physically active after bariatric surgery lost more weight and achieved greater improvements in quality of life than those patients who remained inactive.

"Bariatric surgery is quickly emerging as a standard treatment for severe obesity, although weight loss outcomes vary. These results suggest that patient behavior, particularly physical activity, may promote both enhanced weight loss and greater improvements in health-related quality of life following bariatric surgery," says lead author Dale Bond, PhD, of The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine.

Approximately 190 patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University participated in the study. A validated, self-administered questionnaire was used to assess physical activity levels of participants both before surgery and one year after surgery. Researchers set a benchmark of 200 minutes of weekly physical activity (defined as walking and participating in activities of a moderate or vigorous intensity) to differentiate between inactive vs. active individuals.

Participants also completed a standardized self-reported questionnaire designed to measure health-related quality of life, focusing on areas such as physical functioning, limitations because of physical or emotional problems, bodily pain, general health, energy levels (vitality), social functioning and mental health.

Overall, researchers observed a positive relationship between changes in physical activity and improved bariatric outcomes. More than two-thirds (68 percent) of those individuals who went from being inactive before
'/>"/>

Contact: Jessica Collins Grimes
jgrimes2@lifespan.org
401-793-7484
Lifespan
Source:Eurekalert

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2

Related medicine news :

1. National Association for Sport and Physical Education Partners with S&S Worldwide to Help Improve Childrens Fitness
2. Atlanta Falcons Physical Therapy Centers Set to Launch This Fall
3. Cognitive Activities Protect Against Alzheimers -- Social and Physical Activities Not Enough
4. Physical Therapist Provides Injury Analysis for Fantasy Football
5. Empowerment Program Gets Patients on the PATH to Managing the Physical and Emotional Effects of Psoriatic Arthritis
6. This October, the American Physical Therapy Associations National Physical Therapy Month to Focus on Nations Obesity Epidemic
7. New study likely to fuel debate over annual physical exams
8. Blue Cross of California and the California Governors Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Launch Live Like a Champion Tour
9. The Cooper Institutes FITNESSGRAM Selected as Statewide Physical Fitness Assessment Tool
10. The impact of physical activity on weight-bearing knee joint
11. The Physical Therapy Profession Remains in High Demand

Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:11/8/2009)...,, Higher Costs and Crushing Taxes Nail Nation,...e-USNewswire/ -- In response to U.S. House passage...ss & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) pr...ing statement: ,, "Make no mistake, those voti...creators with higher costs and crushing taxes and ...
(Date:11/8/2009)... Freeze-drying of biophar... Mississauga, Ontario facility. , ...Thomas Wellner, President and CEO of Therapure Bio...aken delivery of a commercial scale pharmaceutical... scale freeze drying (lyophilization) available fo...
(Date:11/8/2009)...,, Nation,s largest network of Hispanic health...h care reform in 2009 ,, WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 /P...f Representatives showed they have heard the voice...ealth Care for America Act. Now the Senate must de... health care reform," said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, Pr...
(Date:11/8/2009)...,, AARP Praises House Passage of Health Care R...ngthen Medicare, improve coverage for all American...- Today, the United States House of Representative...e reform legislation that would strengthen Medicar...companies that prices millions of Americans out of...
(Date:11/7/2009)...,, WASHINGTON , Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire...r today in support of H.R. 3962, the Affordable He... the legislation later tonight. Below are the Spe...e all know, is an historic moment for our nation a...eaders of every party and political philosophy -- ...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:Therapure Biopharma Inc. Announces Delivery of its First Commercial-Scale Lyophilizer 2Health News:National Alliance for Hispanic Health President and CEO Applauds House Action, Calls on Senate to Pass Health Reform in 2009 2Health News:AARP Illinois Key Vote News Alert 2Health News:AARP Illinois Key Vote News Alert 3Health News:Pelosi: Health Legislation Founded on Key Principles for a Healthier America: Innovation, Competition and Prevention 2Health News:Pelosi: Health Legislation Founded on Key Principles for a Healthier America: Innovation, Competition and Prevention 3Health News:Pelosi: Health Legislation Founded on Key Principles for a Healthier America: Innovation, Competition and Prevention 4
...dical Small Businesses Will Be Closed Because of M... The American Association for Homecare applauds P...businesses by providing $15 billion in loans to lo...ome medical equipment (HME) sector by rescinding t...
...University and the Georgia Institute of Technology...chers around Atlanta with a dedicated magnetic res...ysteries of the brain and mind. , The Center for ... disabilities, to applied physiology, brain signal...
... 18 Nuvilex, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NVLX), fo...Company,s Spring Break marketing initiatives desig...oducts, InfinitInk and Last Shot Hangover Remedy, ...ms will be combing the beaches, bars and parties o...
... provider ICW celebrates its opening in Canada , ...18 Newt Gingrich, Founder of the Center for Healt...use, along with Frank McKenna, Deputy Chair of TD ...aunch of ICW,s operations in Canada at a luncheon ...
...ws Cesarean deliveries hitting new highs , ...ber of unmarried women who are having babies has r...sarean delivery rates continue to hit new highs, a... from 2006 to 2007. The estimated 1,714,643 babies...
...18 Imaginis.com today announced that it has again... quality from the Health Information Resource Cent...e in providing online patient education informatio...es the best health information Web sites for consu...
Other Medicine News:Health News:American Association for Homecare Applauds President Obama's Plan to Aid Small Businesses 2Health News:American Association for Homecare Applauds President Obama's Plan to Aid Small Businesses 3Health News:Georgia State/Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Brain Imaging to expand brain, mind research 2Health News:Nuvilex, Inc. Launches Spring Break Initiatives Designed to Raise Visibility Among Key Demographic Group 2Health News:Nuvilex, Inc. Launches Spring Break Initiatives Designed to Raise Visibility Among Key Demographic Group 3Health News:Gingrich and McKenna to Speak on Transformation of Healthcare Delivery at ICW Launch 2Health News:Unmarried Childbirths in U.S. Reach Record Levels 2
(Date:11/6/2009)...6 Philips Respironics applauds the...evention (CDC) to raise awareness about an importa...ncy. The CDC,s release of the first-ever governmen...leeplessness is a milestone in quantifying the siz...educator, industry leader and sleep therapy manufa...
(Date:11/6/2009)... N.C., Nov. 6 Chimerix, Inc., a bi... antiviral therapeutics to address life-threatenin...f the company,s lead antiviral compound, CMX001, t...al Health Security Initiative (GHSI). CMX001 is a...r the treatment of smallpox, as well as other seri...
(Date:11/6/2009)...wire-FirstCall/ -- Caraco Pharmaceutical Laborator...c tromethamine ophthalmic solution, 0.5% following...stration (FDA) for Sun Pharma,s Abbreviated New Dr...halmic solution on the first day following patent ...tically equivalent to Acular® Ophthalmic Solu...
Breaking Medicine Technology:Statement by Don Spence, CEO, Philips Home Healthcare Solutions, Endorsing CDC Educational Initiatives to Raise Awareness of Sleep Deprivation 2Chimerix Updates the World Health Organization and the Global Health Security Initiative on Development of CMX001 as a Broad-Spectrum Therapeutic for Smallpox 2Chimerix Updates the World Health Organization and the Global Health Security Initiative on Development of CMX001 as a Broad-Spectrum Therapeutic for Smallpox 3Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. Markets Generic Acular(R) Opthalmic Solution 2NHIT Processes Over 4 000 Production Transactions Advances Adoption of NHIN Initiative 58809 1NHIT Processes Over 4 000 Production Transactions Advances Adoption of NHIN Initiative 58809 2Cancer Survivors Share The Day I Found Out 28TM 29 58807 1Cancer Survivors Share The Day I Found Out 28TM 29 58807 2You Can Thrive 21 Burlesque Show Celebrates the Girls and the Women Who Are Battling to Keep Them 58805 1You Can Thrive 21 Burlesque Show Celebrates the Girls and the Women Who Are Battling to Keep Them 58805 2
...irst Presentation of Full Data Set from the TRIUMP...Treprostinil, SILVER SPRING, Md., May 21 United,...wholly-owned subsidiary,Lung Rx, Inc. today announ...the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (...an Thoracic Society (ATS) meeting in Toronto,Ontar...
...OHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 21 BARC, a global,...ing agreement to support,HIV vaccine trials curren...cine Trials Network (HVTN)., The HVTN vaccine tri...at will advance knowledge and ultimately lead to a...on. The HVTN is supported through a,cooperative ag...
Other Medicine Technology:Treprostinil Data Presented at American Thoracic Society Conference Demonstrates Significant Clinical Progress in All Four Routes of Administration 2Treprostinil Data Presented at American Thoracic Society Conference Demonstrates Significant Clinical Progress in All Four Routes of Administration 3Treprostinil Data Presented at American Thoracic Society Conference Demonstrates Significant Clinical Progress in All Four Routes of Administration 4Treprostinil Data Presented at American Thoracic Society Conference Demonstrates Significant Clinical Progress in All Four Routes of Administration 5Treprostinil Data Presented at American Thoracic Society Conference Demonstrates Significant Clinical Progress in All Four Routes of Administration 6BARC Announces Long-Term Cooperation In South African Biobanking for HIV Vaccine Trials 2BARC Announces Long-Term Cooperation In South African Biobanking for HIV Vaccine Trials 3
OHL Periosteal Elevator
Steinhauser Periosteal Elevator
Dolwick-Reich Condyle Periosteal Elevator
Molt Periosteal Elevator
Medicine Products: