Bariatric surgery: Part of the answer to the obesity epidemic

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 969-970

  Cefalu, William T ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COST CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFORMED CONSENT; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 33751015765     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.73.11.969     Document Type: Editorial

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