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Overview

Carel W. le Roux is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, Pharmacology, and Pharmacy.

Their main topics of work focus on Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment, Obesity and Health Practices, Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer, as well as Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet.

Le Roux has published regularly in several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Obesity Surgery
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • Nutrients
  • Obesity

Recent papers from their research include:

  • "Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity", 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity", 2025, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Tirzepatide once weekly for the treatment of obesity in people with type 2 diabetes (SURMOUNT-2): a double-blind, randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial", 2023, The Lancet
  • "Obesity management as a primary treatment goal for type 2 diabetes: time to reframe the conversation", 2021, The Lancet
  • "Consensus Report: Definition and Interpretation of Remission in Type 2 Diabetes", 2021, Diabetes Care

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Carel W. le Roux include:

  • Ricardo V. Cohen
  • Neil G. Docherty
  • Alexander D. Miras
  • Werd Al-Najim
  • Georgios K. Dimitriadis

Best Publications

  • A Randomized, Controlled Trial of 3.0 mg of Liraglutide in Weight Management

    Xavier Pi-Sunyer;Arne Astrup;Ken Fujioka;Frank Greenway

  • Inhibition of food intake in obese subjects by peptide YY3-36.

    Rachel L Batterham;Mark A Cohen;Sandra M Ellis;Carel W Le Roux

  • Gut Hormone Profiles Following Bariatric Surgery Favor an Anorectic State, Facilitate Weight Loss, and Improve Metabolic Parameters

    Carel W. le Roux;Simon J. B. Aylwin;Rachel L. Batterham;Cynthia M. Borg

  • Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity.

    Francesco Rubino;Francesco Rubino;Rebecca M. Puhl;David E. Cummings;Robert H. Eckel

  • Morbidity and mortality associated with obesity.

    Mahmoud Abdelaal;Mahmoud Abdelaal;Carel W. le Roux;Carel W. le Roux;Carel W. le Roux;Neil G. Docherty;Neil G. Docherty

  • Gut hormones as mediators of appetite and weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

    Carel W. le Roux;Richard Welbourn;Malin Werling;Alan Osborne

  • Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Induce Long-Term Changes on the Human Gut Microbiome Contributing to Fat Mass Regulation

    Valentina Tremaroli;Fredrik H. Karlsson;Malin Werling;Marcus Ståhlman

  • Critical role for peptide YY in protein-mediated satiation and body-weight regulation

    Rachel L. Batterham;Helen Heffron;Saloni Kapoor;Joanna E. Chivers

  • 3 years of liraglutide versus placebo for type 2 diabetes risk reduction and weight management in individuals with prediabetes: a randomised, double-blind trial

    Carel W le Roux;Carel W le Roux;Arne Astrup;Ken Fujioka;Frank Greenway

  • Oxyntomodulin Suppresses Appetite and Reduces Food Intake in Humans

    Mark A. Cohen;Sandra M. Ellis;Carel W. Le Roux;Rachel L. Batterham

  • The Role of Bile After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Promoting Weight Loss and Improving Glycaemic Control

    Dimitri J. Pournaras;Clare Glicksman;Royce P. Vincent;Royce P. Vincent;Shophia Kuganolipava

  • Bariatric surgery for type 2 diabetes

    John Dixon;Carel W Le Roux;Francesco Rubino;Paul Zev Zimmet

  • Consensus report: definition and interpretation of remission in type 2 diabetes

    Matthew C Riddle;William T Cefalu;Philip H Evans;Hertzel C Gerstein

  • Mechanisms underlying weight loss after bariatric surgery

    Alexander D. Miras;Carel W. le Roux

  • Obesity management as a primary treatment goal for type 2 diabetes: time to reframe the conversation.

    Ildiko Lingvay;Priya Sumithran;Ricardo V Cohen;Carel W le Roux;Carel W le Roux

  • A New Mechanism for Bile Acid Diarrhea: Defective Feedback Inhibition of Bile Acid Biosynthesis

    Julian R.F. Walters;Ali M. Tasleem;Omer S. Omer;W. Gordon Brydon

  • Obese patients after gastric bypass surgery have lower brain-hedonic responses to food than after gastric banding

    Samantha Scholtz;Alexander D Miras;Navpreet Chhina;Christina G Prechtl

  • Remission of type 2 diabetes after gastric bypass and banding: mechanisms and 2 year outcomes.

    Dimitrios J. Pournaras;Alan Osborne;Simon C. Hawkins;Royce P. Vincent

  • Gastric bypass reduces fat intake and preference

    Carel W Le Roux;Marco Bueter;Marco Bueter;Nadine Theis;Malin Werling

  • Eating Slowly Increases the Postprandial Response of the Anorexigenic Gut Hormones, Peptide YY and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1

    Alexander Kokkinos;Carel W. le Roux;Kleopatra Alexiadou;Nicholas Tentolouris

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen R. Bloom
Stephen R. Bloom Imperial College London
Alan C. Spector
Alan C. Spector Florida State University
Geltrude Mingrone
Geltrude Mingrone King's College London
Thomas A. Lutz
Thomas A. Lutz University of Zurich
John P.H. Wilding
John P.H. Wilding University of Liverpool
Frank L. Greenway
Frank L. Greenway Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Arne Astrup
Arne Astrup Novo Nordisk Foundation
John V. Reynolds
John V. Reynolds Trinity College Dublin
Jens J. Holst
Jens J. Holst University of Copenhagen
Jimmy D. Bell
Jimmy D. Bell University of Westminster

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