News & Research Articles from Adelaide Bariatric Centre

News | Adelaide Bariatric Centre

Could a comfy mattress be your unexpected new weapon for weight loss? New studies are showing that a good night’s sleep will boost your weight loss efforts in more ways than one.

Heart healthy … Read More >>

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Have you ever discriminated against because of your weight? Maybe you’ve been ignored while shopping for clothes, in the queue at a nightclub, or perhaps you were more explicitly bullied … Read More >>

Bariatric Surgery News & Research | Adelaide Bariatric Centre

The death toll of obesity is almost four times bigger than scientists’ previously commonly held beliefs, a new study has found. Researchers fear the silent epidemic is only going to get worse, … Read More >>

Bariatric Surgery News & Research | Adelaide Bariatric Centre

Wondering if seeing an exercise physiologist really helps that much? Wonder no longer: it’s now been proven that exercise counselling increases bariatric patients’ physical activity … Read More >>

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For decades, women’s magazines have touted calorie counting as the key to weight loss. Energy consumed should be less than energy burnt if you want to lose fat, they say. But how effective is … Read More >>

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The evidence is in: bariatric surgery is about more than simply weight loss. It’s already been proven that gastric bypass can cure chronic migraine issues, and that the rapid weight loss that … Read More >>

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For most people, it’s clear that the resolution of type-2 diabetes requires weight loss and controlled sugar intake. But for years, gastric bypass has also seemed to cure diabetes even before … Read More >>

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If you had told Matt McIntyre 2 years ago that he would be competing in a 226 kilometre Iron Man race, he would have laughed.

At 148kg, McIntyre was clinically obese, and described … Read More >>