Obesity Quality of Care
Research conducted at Goteborg University, Institute of Medicine has provided new information about obesity quality of care
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 3rd, 2007
Fresh data on obesity are presented in the report "Ten-year trends in health-related quality of life after surgical and conventional treatment for severe obesity: the SOS intervention study." In this recent report, researchers in Goteborg, Sweden conducted a study "To examine trends and effects of weight loss treatment on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in the severely obese over 10 years. Swedish obese subjects (SOS) intervention study is a controlled, longitudinal trial of the health effects of weight loss in the severely obese. A total of 655 of 851 surgically treated and 621 of 852 conventionally treated obese men (body mass index, BMI >or=34) and women (BMI >or=38) who...
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