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Historical Background: From the Past to Present

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Minimally Invasive Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

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Obesity and conditions associated with it have been detailed for centuries, to the extent that little appears to be new, yet we are still struggling to answer the most basic questions. This chapter will deal with some of the key questions and challenges that present today from a historical perspective to examine just how far we have come, and will conclude with an historical overview of bariatric-metabolic surgery.

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  1. Clinical Obesity Research Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, St Kilda Road Central, 6492, Melbourne, VIC, 8008, Australia

    John B. Dixon & T. Rice MD

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  1. General and Emergency Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy

    Marcello Lucchese

  2. Department of Surgery, Medical School, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

    Nicola Scopinaro

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Dixon, J.B., Rice, T. (2015). Historical Background: From the Past to Present. In: Lucchese, M., Scopinaro, N. (eds) Minimally Invasive Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15356-8_1

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