Adults with obesity have a lower risk for developing cataract after undergoing bariatric surgery, according to findings presented at the European Congress on Obesity virtual meeting.
“Substantial weight loss is associated with a decreased risk of cataract, especially if obesity surgery was performed before age 60,” Theresa Burkard, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, told Healio. “This decreased risk is an addition to the multitude of positive effects that weight loss has on eye health. Furthermore, we observed a potential dose-response relationship