The American Board of Surgery and the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery have announced a collaborative initiative to establish a single pathway for recognition of specialisation in metabolic and bariatric surgery tinyurl.com/bddkkb35

The total number of US children and adolescents with overweight and obesity is expected to reach 43.1 million and the number of adults 213 million by 2050, according to findings from the GBD 2021 US Obesity Forecasting Collaborators tinyurl.com/yc87urdk

GLP-1 RAs continue to show cardiovascular (CV) benefits beyond weight loss by improving cardiac structure, function in heart failure patients & CV outcomes in those who previously had coronary bypass surgery tinyurl.com/y7kmebcj

@BariatricNews
spoke to the current President of the Bariatric, Metabolic Surgeons Society of Nigeria, Mr Abuchi Okaro about his career, his advice to young surgeons and the current status of bariatric surgery in Nigeria… tinyurl.com/587tzxfy

Our weekly round-up includes Consensus on Controversies in OAGB-MGB, more complications post-loop duodenal switch vs RYGB, BMS in elderly pts, increased natriuretic peptide levels post-surgery & 260m people in the US have overweight or obesity by 2050 tinyurl.com/5hf4z96h

GT Metabolic Solutions has completed the first magnetic compression anastomosis cases in the US using the MagDI System, the procedures were performed by Dr Helmuth Billy and his team at Community Memorial Healthcare, Ventura County, CA. tinyurl.com/3t3tpzmh

Epitomee Medical has reported that outcomes from the RESET study have revealed the total body weight for patients who received the Epitomee Capsule – an FDA approved ingestible medical device - was reduced by at least 5% at 24-weeks tinyurl.com/bdej9af9

Results from part 1 of the ongoing Phase 3 ESSENCE trial revealed that at Week 72, primary endpoints showed 62.9% of people treated with semaglutide 2.4mg achieved resolution of steatohepatitis with no worsening of liver fibrosis vs 34.1% on placebo
tinyurl.com/yb73cs2z

Researchers
@NYUTandon
School of Engineering have utilised a probabilistic physiological modelling approach to investigate the pulse events underlying leptin secretion helping to identify hidden health issues in patients with obesity tinyurl.com/568jaawt

GLP-1 RAs may be associated with shrinking the human heart and other muscles, according to a @UAlberta study, the authors say the research should serve as a "cautionary tale" about possible long-term health effects of these drugs tinyurl.com/2mesx98r