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JG Kral, E Naslund - NATURE CLINICAL PRACTICE ENDOCRINOLOGY …, 2007 - ttdinhduong.org Surgical treatment of obesity ('bariatric surgery'; anti-obesity surgery) passes
the pragmatic test: it works, most of the time. It is also cost-effective and on
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- ►medicinainternacba.com.ar [PDF] EJ DeMaria - N Engl J Med, 2007 - journals.lww.com The percentage of adults who are obese or morbidly obese is increasing in the
United States and throughout the world, a trend that may lead to a decline in
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TH Inge, SA Xanthakos, MH Zeller - International Journal of Obesity, 2007 - nature.com Obesity is a multifactorial disease of epidemic and global proportions that
poses the most significant threat to the health of our younger generations.
Those who are the most extremely affected bear the largest burden of health ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►asnjournals.org IM Wahba, RH Mak - Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2007 - Am Soc Nephrol There is an epidemic of obesity and the metabolic syndrome in the United States
and across the world. Both entities are associated with high mortality, mainly
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JA Tice, L Karliner, J Walsh, AJ Petersen, … - The American journal of medicine, 2008 - obesity-cme.abbmcertification.org Gastric Banding or Bypass? A Systematic Review ... Comparing the Two Most
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RF Kushner, CA Noble - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2006 - mayoclinicproceedings.com With the increasing number of bariatric surgical procedures being performed,
outcome assessment is of even greater importance. Few randomized, controlled
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RR Grunstein, K Stenlöf, JA Hedner, M … - Sleep, 2007 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Baseline BMI in surgical group (42.2±4.4 kg/m 2 ) and control group (40.1±4.6
kg/m 2 ) changed −9.7±5 kg/m 2 and 0±3 kg/m 2 , respectively, at 2-year
follow-up. In the surgery group, there was a marked improvement in all ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►eje.org MJF Bult, T van Dalen, AF Muller - European Journal of Endocrinology, 2008 - eje.org More than half of the European population are overweight (body mass index (BMI)
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TA Wadden, DB Sarwer, AN Fabricatore, LS … - Medical Clinics of North America, 2007 - Elsevier Extreme obesity, characterized by a body mass index (BMI) of 40 kg/m 2 or
greater, is associated with significantly increased mortality, principally from
cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and several cancers. It also is ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - All 34 versions
