Israeli scientists have found that obese patients who underwent weight loss surgery have a lower risk of premature death than those who resorted to diets.

As Lenta writes. ru, this is reported in a press release on the EurekAlert website.! Specialist article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The study involved 8,385 patients in absentia who underwent various types of bariatric surgery (procedures for the treatment of obesity) from 2005 to 2014. Including laparoscopic - through holes in the body - the application of a ring on the stomach, gastric bypass or sleeve gastroplasty.

In addition, experts tracked the health status of 25,000 obese people who were trying to lose weight through diets and a healthy lifestyle..

Scientists compared the mortality rates in both groups of participants. It turned out that over four and a half years, the risk of death was lower in those who underwent surgery than in those who fought obesity with non-surgical methods..

In 2016, a group of scientists from the University of Pittsburgh published the results of a study showing that bariatric surgery leads to an improvement in patient well-being for at least three years..

aspect. net.