Nutritional and Endoscopy Intervention in the Obesity Treatment
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 June 2022) | Viewed by 12535
Special Issue Editor
2. Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria & Centro Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil (CHUIMI), Canarian Health Service, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Interests: nutrition; obesity; epidemiology; bariatric endoscopy; public health; health-related quality of life
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dietary education, lifestyle modification, and physical exercise are essential in the treatment of obesity, however there is a high rate of failure. The majority of patients relapse and regain the weight during the intervention, or soon after. On the other hand, bariatric surgery is the most effective therapy for obesity, but only a small proportion of candidates undergo this surgery.
Endoscopic bariatric therapies (EBTs) are evolving to be an effective minimally invasive treatment option for patients with obesity and associated comorbidities. Among EBTs, intragastric balloons (IGBs) and endoscopic gastroplasty (EG) techniques have gained wide popularity and acceptance in recent decades. In the EBT, nutritional and psychological support are very important, and some studies show that nutritional follow-up is the main predictor of weight lost, regardless of other factors.
Nutritional follow-up in the EBT is different, in that conventional and bariatric surgery nutritional interventions and have different steps in relation with the time post-procedure and the adaptation to the endoscopy procedure. We invite authors to submit review articles and original research describing the main bariatric endoscopy techniques, the potential mechanisms for losing weight, nutritional and psychological intervention, and the importance of adequate adherence to nutritional and psychological follow-up to obtain better results in endoscopic bariatric practice.
Dr. Inmaculada Bautista Castaño
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Obesity treatment
- Bariatric endoscopy
- Obesity nutritional intervention
- Obesity psycological intervention
- Health-related quality of life
- Gastric motility
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