Obese individuals who undergo bariatric surgery show evidence of improved memory function, according to the results of a new study.
«There are 2 take-home messages from our research,» lead study author John Gunstad, PhD, from Kent State University in Ohio, told Medscape Medical News.
«The first is that this very clearly demonstrates that obesity causes adverse changes to the brain but that some of these changes might be reversible through significant weight loss. The second is if obese individuals are looking for yet another reason to motivate them to lose weight, this is it.»
Dr. Gunstad said he and his colleagues got the idea to study whether weight loss improved memory and concentration from previous clinical work.
«I was working at Brown University Medical School in Rhode Island with people who were looking to lose weight through behavioral means or weight loss surgery. I kept noticing that these patients would make the same mistakes on cognitive function tests,» he said.
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