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Not much is known for sure about exercise programmes in obese individuals who have undergone bariatric surgery. Livhits and co-authors from Los Angeles have now published a systematic review in the journal Obesity Surgery. They found 14 articles which reported exercise and weight loss in this setting, all but one reported the amount of post-op weight loss as well. The 13 studies with specific information contained 4108 patients.

On 21st January 2010, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a press release recommending the suspension of marketing authorisations for sibutramine in all markets in the European Union for the time being. The EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) made this recommendation based on data from the Sibutramine Cardiovascular Outcome Trial (SCOUT), which is a trial conducted by Abbott, the manufacturares of Sibutramine.

A paper published in the International Journal of Obesity in December raises an interesting issue - where should obesity clinicians and researchers look for published work on obesity? Unlike specialised areas in medicine, obesity is linked with virtually every medical system and condition, whether as cause, contributor, effect or affecting diagnosis and management.