For the purposes of SCOTS, a bariatric surgical procedure is defined as 'any surgical intervention which has the primary purpose of large-scale weight loss in a patient who is obese'.
Arguments for large scale implementation of weight loss programmes by very low energy diet in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea include the relative safety and effectiveness of a very low energy diet and the low cost compared with bariatric surgery.
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Unlike any drug or diet, the surgery produces large, lasting weight loss in the majority of patients.
Large initial weight loss has been associated with greater weight gain later on [ 15].
The efficacy of bariatric surgery for large-scale, long-term weight loss is well established.
Unfortunately, the only large-scale intervention examining weight loss and exercise, the Arthritis, Diet, and Activity Promotion Trial (ADAPT) [ 77], suggested that, for knee OA patients, weight loss itself had only a modest and non-significant effect on pain and function.
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This paper describes the design of IDEA, a large scale long-term intensive weight loss and exercise randomized clinical trial, and provides new reliability data on knee joint loads calculated using musculoskeletal modeling, and measures of osteoarthritis disease progression using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Participants in SS experienced the largest average weight loss.
The observed weight loss was similar to weight loss observed in efficacy studies (3– 8), with SS participants experiencing the largest average weight loss at 3 months and FF participants experiencing the largest average weight loss at 6 months.
