This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! Thanks to the the brilliant Deb Burgard for letting me know about Lettieri et al 2008, Persistence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea After Surgical Weight Loss. Deb explains that this “is a study where people were actually tested for OSA after the (usually more than 5-10%, and usually temporary) surgical weight loss. They found that despite the participants' (and their doctors') belief that they no longer had sleep apnea, almost the entire sample continued to have severe enough OSA to continue to need CPAP therapy. So the myth that weight loss cures sleep apnea was resulting in a rise in untreated sleep apnea and a worsening of health. “
Thanks so much for this. I just had a (predictably) awful experience at a follow up appointment after starting with a cpap and it was helpful to reground myself with the real facts 💗
Thanks so much for this. I just had a (predictably) awful experience at a follow up appointment after starting with a cpap and it was helpful to reground myself with the real facts 💗