Genes May Determine Obesity After Weight Surgery

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Learning more about obesity-related genetic factors that may negate the effects of bariatric surgery may prove "important in identifying patients at high risk for postoperative weight gain," the study authors concluded. "These studies may also represent some of the first specific examples of 'surgicogenomics,' paralleling the well-developed field of pharmacogenomics," (using genetic information to predict patients' responses to medications).

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The U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has more about surgery for severe obesity.

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