Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a lockdown period.
Confinement periods have been related to unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. Our study aimed to …

Background Obesity is a chronic and progressive disease associated with significant
morbidity, mortality, and health-care costs. Bariatric surgery is the most effective intervention …

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, surgical centers had to weigh the benefits and
risks of conducting bariatric surgery. Obesity increases the risk of developing severe COVID …

Background We previously showed worse outcomes among lower socioeconomic status
(SES) groups following metabolic/bariatric surgery (MBS). In light of healthcare changes in …

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide lockdown, which affected
physical exercise habits, as well as having a detrimental effect on psychological health and …

Background and Objectives: The global pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
declared on 11 March 2020, had an extensive impact on bariatric patients. The aim of this …

Following our previous article [4], several studies started to report the impact of COVID-19
lockdown on weight loss after bariatric surgery. El Moussaoui et al.[5] compared excess …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns led to substantial
changes in health-related behaviors and deferred elective surgeries. This study aimed to …

Methods This is a retrospective analysis of a prospective maintained database; for the
COVID-group (study group), we selected all patients undergoing a primary BS, either …

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a worldwide
suspension of bariatric and metabolic surgery (BMS) services. The current study analyses …