Sleep Apnea
Weight loss improves obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in obese men
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 17th, 2005
"In obese patients, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is attributed to a reduction in pharyngeal cross-sectional area due to peripharyngeal fat deposition. The effect of weight loss on the size of the upper airways of obese subjects is still unknown. We analyzed the pharyngeal cross-sectional area before and after weight loss in morbidly obese patients with OSAS. A group of 17 middle-aged, morbidly obese men was evaluated by anthropometry and cardiorespiratory sleep studies before and after weight loss obtained by insertion of an intragastric balloon," researchers in Italy report.
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