Intern Med: A low-carbohydrate diet and a calorie-restricted diet combined with IGB are effective weight-loss interventions.

The treatment of the in-gastric balloon (IGB) is a low-invasive treatment for obesity.
recentlow, a low-carbohydrate diet has had some effect on encouraging weight loss, it remains unclear whether a low-carbohydrate diet will improve the effectiveness of IGB treatments.
therefore, we studied the effects of a low-carbohydrate diet combined with a calorie-restricted diet combined with IGB therapy.
we conducted a prospective study of 51 patients who received IGB treatment between October 2012 and December 2017.
overall, 31 out of 51 patients were included in this study (assessment after 12 months of IGB placement).
the 31 cases included 18 cases of IGB plus a low carbohydrate diet and 13 cases of IGB plus calorie-restricted diets.
we compared the weight loss of two groups as a result.
results show edited that 12 months after IGB was placed, IGB plus low carbohydrate diet group (baseline 101.9 x 25.8kg, 12 months 88.2 x 21.9 kg) (P.lt;0.000 1) and IGB plus the calorie-restricted diet group (baseline 103.5 to 17.0 kg, 12 months 89.1 x 6.2 kg) were significantly lower than the weight observed at the baseline (P.lt;0.005).
the excess weight loss of the IGB plus low-carbohydrate diet group was slightly higher than that of the IGB plus calorie-restricted diet group, but there was no significant difference between the two groups 12 months after IGB was placed (IGB plus low carbohydrate 49.9 to 60.0%, IGB plus calorie-restricted diet 33.1 to 27.0%).
, the results show that a low-carbohydrate diet and a calorie-restricted diet combined with IGB therapy are effective weight-loss interventions.
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