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Obesity is a globally prevalent condition associated with elevated morbidity and mortality. Metabolic and bariatric surgery offers a definitive treatment for class III (BMI > 40) obesity, achieving substantial, enduring weight loss and improving metabolic health. Despite extensive research on the physical benefits, comparatively fewer reviews investigate the psychosocial and relational changes accompanying these procedures. This narrative review examines how such procedures affect partner relationship quality, sexual function, and broader social integration, aiming to synthesise current findings on key factors like self-esteem, body image, and family support in the recovery process. It further discusses how strong social networks can bolster long-term weight management and psychological outcomes. By viewing these multifaceted changes through a holistic, family-centred lens, the review highlights the interdependence of emotional, familial, and community support systems in optimizing postoperative results and sustaining improvements in quality of life.
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Diabetes Res Clin Pract
September 2025
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address:
Obes Surg
September 2025
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Internal Medicine Unit, Columbus-Gemelli Hospital, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Obesity is a globally prevalent condition associated with elevated morbidity and mortality. Metabolic and bariatric surgery offers a definitive treatment for class III (BMI > 40) obesity, achieving substantial, enduring weight loss and improving metabolic health. Despite extensive research on the physical benefits, comparatively fewer reviews investigate the psychosocial and relational changes accompanying these procedures.
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September 2025
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Cell Metab
August 2025
State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Institute of Women, Children and Reproductive Health, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China; National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Sha
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a highly prevalent endocrine disorder characterized by intertwined reproductive and metabolic abnormalities. While its causal origins remain incompletely understood, accumulating evidence suggests metabolic dysfunctions-manifested by insulin resistance, obesity, hyperglycemia, and dyslipidemia-as key contributors to the pathogenesis and progression of PCOS. Emerging interventions targeting these metabolic disturbances, including caloric restriction, GLP-1-based therapies, and bariatric surgery, have shown efficacy in alleviating PCOS symptoms and potentially blocking their inheritance.
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September 2025
Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University and University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Aims: Bariatric surgery (BS) reduces obesity-associated systemic inflammation leading to multiple cardiovascular (CV) and metabolic benefits. Here, we tested whether measuring vaso-inflammatory cytokines, gut hormones, and circulating extracellular vesicles (EV) provide vaso-inflammatory-metabolic signatures that better correlate to CV-metabolic outcomes after BS, compared to a standard clinical assessment including body weight (BW) loss and traditional CV risk factors.
Methods: In 111 patients with severe obesity, conventional clinical-biochemical parameters and non-conventional vaso-inflammatory-metabolic markers were analyzed at baseline, after 1- (T12) and 3-years (T36) post-BS and were associated to post-surgical BW loss and improvement of patients' CV-metabolic profile.