Bariatric surgery procedures fall below 200k, first time since 2020

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9 pointsPaulHoule3 comments

Reminds me there are several studies showing a very high occurrence of alcohol use disorder following bariatric surgery. Depends on whether you look at lifetime risk or immediate risk, but the numbers are really high...20 to 30%.

Various theories, like addiction transfer from food to alcohol, that euphoric effects are so much more quickly felt, post surgical depression, etc. But nobody really seems to know for sure.

Interesting! Does it also occur for other (similar) types of surgery?

Compared to other drugs, alcohol is metabolically significant, like you can easily drink enough alcohol to affect your energy balance directly.

That said, my experience is that my weight swings about 3kg if I am using cannabis or not using cannabis but that's got something to do with how it changes my appetite.

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