Cognitive benefits seen two years after bariatric surgery
Improvements are also seen in general health, depression scores, activity levels and cortical thickness of temporal cortex.
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Bariatric surgery is associated with cognitive benefits two years after surgery, according to a Netherlands study.
Researchers from Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen examined the long-term associations of weight loss after bariatric surgery with cognition and brain structure and perfusion.