{"id":670,"date":"2023-02-10T02:50:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T02:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/dq-weight-loss\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T02:50:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T02:50:15","slug":"dq-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/dq-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"DQ weight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Part 1:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong>: Digestion is an essential process for acquiring &nbsp;nutrients for metabolism.&nbsp; Metabolism, the sum of anabolic and catabolic &nbsp;reactions that consume or produce energy, controls several important &nbsp;body parameters such as body weight. The proper interplay between &nbsp;metabolism and digestion is important, and when that fails, we have &nbsp;metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, food intolerance, or obesity. In &nbsp;particular, obesity has become a common, serious, and costly disease. &nbsp;Weight-loss surgeries or approaches can help lose weight and lower the &nbsp;risk of medical problems associated with obesity.<\/p>\n<p>For this post, you will:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose one weight-loss treatment and investigate an associated pro &nbsp;or con. Only 1 pro or con per student. (A pro cannot just be weight &nbsp;loss). Weight loss surgeries or approaches that you can select are:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Adjustable Gastric Banding<\/li>\n<li>Sleeve Gastrectomy<\/li>\n<li>Gastric Bypass Surgery (Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass)<\/li>\n<li>Vagal Blockade or vBloc<\/li>\n<li>Biliopancreatic Diversion<\/li>\n<li>Gastric Balloon\/Intragastric Balloon System<\/li>\n<li>AspireAssist<\/li>\n<li>Keto diet<\/li>\n<li>Intermittent fasting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>How does your choice work? Does it work by restriction, &nbsp;malabsorptive restrictive surgery, by the implantation of an electrical &nbsp;device, etc.?<\/li>\n<li>Are there some restrictions based on age, health, or population groups related to your choice of weight loss intervention?<\/li>\n<li>Are the long-term benefits of your choice? If so, what are they? If not, why not?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 1:&nbsp; Introduction: Digestion is an essential process for acquiring &nbsp;nutrients for metabolism.&nbsp; Metabolism, the sum of anabolic and catabolic &nbsp;reactions that consume or produce energy, controls several important &nbsp;body parameters such as body weight. The proper interplay between &nbsp;metabolism and digestion is important, and when that fails, we have &nbsp;metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[275],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=670"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=670"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}