Morbid Obesity
New findings in morbid obesity described from University of Auvergne
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 8th, 2008
" This study compared the chewing parameters in a group of obese adult patients scheduled for gastric bypass surgery with those of a control group. Chewing parameters were measured in two groups of subjects, one of 44 obese patients scheduled for gastric bypass surgery (body mass index [BMI]=49.1 +/- 7.2) and the other of 30 non-obese control subjects (BMI=20.9 +/- 2.1)," scientists writing in the journal Obesity Surgery report.
"In both groups, the subjects' dental status was characterized by the number of functional dental units. Kinematic parameters, namely chewing time (CT), number of chewing cycles (CC), and chewing frequency (CF), were video recorded...
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