Citation for a study...

mystimel
on 10/15/10 3:26 am - Long Beach, CA
I'm riting a paper and doing a presentation for a class of mine. I need the source (or at least any reputable source) for a statistic I've read about. I could swear I saw it in one of the WLS books I own, but can't seem to find it.

The statistic is something like: ~80% of morbidly obese people succeed long term with RNY (maybe just general WLS) while only ~2-5% succeed with even the best diet and exercise programs.

I found it on a couple different websites but I know the actual study, or at least an actual book that cites the study beter is out there. I just need some help finding it. Someone must know something about it!

Thanks in advance for the help!
SW:230 CW:159 GW:135

M M
on 10/15/10 3:45 am
 There are some results about long term weight loss with RNY in this post:

http://www.meltingmama.net/wls/2010/10/stomaphyx-results.html

I don't have a diet link.
poet_kelly
on 10/15/10 4:17 am - OH
Here's a study on the outcome of RNY but it doesn't compare it to those that do not have WLS.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1421028/
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