super-obese

Having a body mass index of 60 or greater.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 19, 2018 -- Scientists here have generated hypothalamic-like neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) taken from the blood and skin cells of super-obese individuals and people with a normal body weight.

Neurons Derived From Super-Obese People Respond Differently To Appetite Hormones

But, like Viner, he stresses that bariatric surgery on very young people is a last resort and that these super-obese adolescents are already suffering from serious problems caused by their weight.

Better early than never

Eight (22.2%) were super-obese (BMI 45.1-49.2 kg.m-2).

Revisional laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in failed gastric banding and effects of exercise and frequent sweet-eating on its outcome

Later are usually reserved for the super-obese patients.

Instant remedy or total salvation? Merits and demerits of bariatric surgery

The question arises whether there are distinct differences between the pregnancy outcomes of morbidly obese and super-obese women and whether these two groups should be managed as separate entities.

Pregnancy outcomes in super-obese women--an even bigger problem? A prospective cohort study

compared weight loss after 1 and 2 years in super-obese patients who underwent RYGB or BPD/DS and reported percentage of EBWL to be similar between the 2 groups: 54% versus 53% at 1 year and 67% versus 64% at 2 years, with longer length of stay and higher rates of anastomotic leak in the BPD/DS group.

Biliopancreatic diversion: the effectiveness of duodenal switch and its limitations

But it's the new class of super-obese that really has experts worried.

The rise of a super-sized generation; THE NATIONAL OBESITY FORUM HAS IDENTIFIED A NEW CLASS OF SUPER?OBESE PEOPLE WHO WILL DIE YOUNG FROM CRIPPLING HEALTH PROBLEMS. NOW IT'S DEMANDING GPS DO MUCH MORE. CAROLINE JONES REPORTS

Fisher, who is classified as super-obese, buys sweets at a hospital shop and spends most of his time sleeping in his single cell.

CANNIBAL KILLER'S GASTRIC BAND ON THE NHS; FURY AT pounds 7K OP TO STOP BEAST EATING Serial offender balloons to 22 stone behind bars

Fisher, who is classified as super-obese, buys fattening treats including chocolate, crisps and sweets at a hospital shop.

CANNIBAL KILLER'S GASTRIC BAND ON THE NHS; Binge-eating sadist to get pounds 7k weight-loss op

There's also MTV's "I Used to Be Fat," Discovery's "One Big Happy Family" and "A&E's "Heavy." Two more weight-related series premiere this week: Lifetime's "Love Handles," featuring overweight couples working to heal their relationships as they shed pounds; and ABC's new "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition," which follows one super-obese subject each week and tracks that person's weight-loss progress over one year during each hour-long episode.

Bingeing on weight-loss TV shows doesn't appear to be reducing America's waistline

She jets off to America to see first-hand the problems of being super-obese, and receives a personal word of warning from 41-stone Texan Karen Ferguson, whose bulk means she is now regarded as disabled and must live in a care home.

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Louise is determined to change her ways so she jets off to America to see first-hand the problems of being super-obese, and receives a personal word of warning from 41st Texan Karen Ferguson.