Energy expenditure increases after gastric bypass surgery
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 10:20
in Health & Medicine
Gastric bypass surgery often leads to a sustained weight loss, and now researchers have found part of the explanation: the operation enhances energy expenditure such that eating actually helps the person lose weight. Gastric bypass reroutes food past the stomach and duodenum directly to the small intestine. People become satiated faster and tend to eat more nutritiously.