Understanding weight regain: Insights from Saudi patients on factors influencing post-metabolic and bariatric surgery outcomes: A qualitative study

Despite being successful, weight regain can still happen following bariatric surgery. In order to promote long-term weight loss sustainability, the results of this paper reinforce the idea that persons who have had Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery ought to be educated of the controllable variables linked with weight rebound, future research address the long term effect and the weight control factors following the surgery are highly recommended.

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PLoS ONE
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2026-02-12
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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340120
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Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
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Understanding weight regain: Insights from Saudi patients on factors influencing post-metabolic and bariatric surgery outcomes: A qualitative study

Hanan Alyami, Mirna Fawaz, Enas A. Assaf, Suhair Al-Ghabeesh et al.
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Understanding weight regain: Insights from Saudi patients on factors influencing post-metabolic and bariatric surgery outcomes: A qualitative study

Hanan Alyami, Mirna Fawaz, Enas A. Assaf, Suhair Al-Ghabeesh, Ahmad Rayan, Abbass AlBay
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Despite being successful, weight regain can still happen following bariatric surgery. In order to promote long-term weight loss sustainability, the results of this paper reinforce the idea that persons who have had Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery ought to be educated of the controllable variables linked with weight rebound, future research address the long term effect and the weight control factors following the surgery are highly recommended.

PLoS ONEVol. 21(2)
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (SA), Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan (JO), Zarqa University (JO), Beirut Arab University (LB), King Khalid University (SA)
Openalex Percentile: Top 59%
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