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Research from Vestfold Hospital Trust in the Area of Obesity Described

2012 MAY 11 -- According to the authors of recent research from Tonsberg, Norway, "Bariatric surgery can lead to vitamin deficiencies. We aimed to assess the changes in blood vitamin concentrations in patients who were taking predefined supplements after gastric bypass surgery."

"A total of 29 patients underwent gastric bypass and 24 unmatched controls underwent lifestyle intervention in a prospective, nonrandomized trial. The patients in the surgical group received multivitamin, iron, calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin B-12 supplements. No supplements were prescribed to the lifestyle group. The median body mass index decreased from 46 to 32 kg/m(2) after...

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