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Surgical Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes

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Obesity has increasingly been recognized as an epidemic in the United States. The incidence of obesity has risen such that the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999–2000) demonstrates that two-thirds of Americans are classified as overweight or obese (1). A person’s adiposity is typically described in terms of body mass index (BMI), defined as a person’s weight (kg) divided by body surface area (m2), at which obesity starts at a BMI of 30 kg/m2. This rise in obesity is closely associated with increases in numerous related diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, asthma, obstructive sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux, stroke, certain types of cancer, degenerative joint disease, and depression (2,3). Obese individuals may suffer from diminished life expectancy, depending on the age of onset of obesity (2–5 yr for those who are moderately obese and 5–20 yr for those with severe obesity) (4). This increased mortality contributes to approx 280,000 deaths annually in the United States alone (5). The economic cost of combating obesity and associated comorbidities is estimated to exceed $100 billion annually in the United States (6).

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    Benjamin E. Schneider MD & Edward C. Mun MD

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Schneider, B.E., Mun, E.C. (2006). Surgical Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes. In: Mantzoros, C.S. (eds) Obesity and Diabetes. Contemporary Diabetes. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-985-1_28

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