Men, substance users less likely to have weight-loss surgery

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Men, substance users less likely to have weight-loss surgery

By Ronnie Cohen NEW YORK, (Reuters) - A one-size-fits-all approach to weight-loss surgery may be keeping obese men, substance users and older people out of the operating room, a new study suggests. The study analyzed data from a Canadian program intended to encourage obese people to undergo weight-loss surgery. Men, smokers, drinkers, drug users and people age 60 and older were the most likely to quit the program before having the operation, senior author Dr. Fayez Quereshy from the University of Toronto in Ontario told Reuters Health in a telephone interview. Weight loss operations, formally known as bariatric surgery, are known to cut obesity-related disease and healthcare costs.

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