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The Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity

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Obesity: Pathology and Therapy

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology ((HEP,volume 149))

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Morbid obesity is a serious health problem that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality (SJOSTROM 1992a,b; DRENICK et al. 1980). It is an increasingly serious health problem in the United States, where about 50 million Americans, over one-third of the adult population, are obese. Of these, at least 12 million are morbidly obese, exceeding their ideal body weight by more than 100 pounds (KUCZMARSKI et al. 1994; NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OBESITY 1994). In minority populations, obesity rates are out of proportion; nearly 50% of African American, Mexican American, and Native American women are overweight.

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Smith, D.M., Pories, W.J., MacDonald, K.G. (2000). The Surgical Treatment of Morbid Obesity. In: Lockwood, D.H., Heffner, T.C. (eds) Obesity: Pathology and Therapy. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 149. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59651-3_11

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