Advantages of percent weight loss as a method of reporting weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Real data examples in statistical methods papers: Tremendously valuable, and also tremendously misvalued

(2013) David B. Allison et al.   Statistics and Its Interface

Understanding Dietary Monitoring and Self-Weighing by Gastric Bypass Patients: a Pilot Study of Self-Monitoring Behaviors and Long-Term Weight Outcomes

(2012) Amanda Lynch et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Heritability of the Weight Loss Response to Gastric Bypass Surgery

(2011) Ida J. Hatoum et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

The medical care costs of obesity: An instrumental variables approach

(2011) John Cawley et al.   JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS

Long-term Effects of a Lifestyle Intervention on Weight and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

(2010)   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Pharmacologic Therapies for Obesity

(2010) Lee M. Kaplan   GASTROENTEROLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery changes food reward in rats

(2010) A C Shin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Reporting Weight Loss: Is Simple Better?

(2010) Arya M. Sharma et al.   Obesity

Weight Loss Reporting: Predicted Body Mass Index After Bariatric Surgery

(2010) Aniceto Baltasar et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Relative Outcome Measures for Bariatric Surgery. Evidence Against Excess Weight Loss and Excess Body Mass Index Loss from a Series of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Patients

(2010) Arnold van de Laar et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Baseline BMI is a Strong Predictor of Nadir BMI after Adolescent Gastric Bypass

(2009) Thomas H. Inge et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Enhances Energy Expenditure and Extends Lifespan in Diet-induced Obese Rats

(2009) Nicholas Stylopoulos et al.   Obesity

Is it Time to Change the Way We Report and Discuss Weight Loss?

(2009) George A. Bray et al.   Obesity

Analysis of Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery Using Mixed-Effects Linear Modeling

(2009) Ramsey M. Dallal et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Is it time to abandon excess weight loss in reporting surgical weight loss?

(2009) Shahzeer Karmali et al.   Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Factors Associated With Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass

(2008) Guilherme M. Campos   ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Medications for Weight Reduction

(2008) George A. Bray   ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Capacity for Physical Activity Predicts Weight Loss After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

(2008) Ida J. Hatoum et al.   Obesity

Body Mass Index as a Predictor of 1-year Outcome in Gastric Bypass Surgery

(2008) Eunice Y. Chen et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Weight Loss Reporting

(2008) Aniceto Baltasar et al.   OBESITY SURGERY

Frequency distribution of weight loss percentage after gastric bypass and adjustable gastric banding

(2008) Marc Bessler et al.   Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases