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Epidemiology and Discrimination in Obesity

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Obesity is a growing epidemic, with 33% of the world’s population being overweight or obese. The epidemic is posing great economic and social challenges to many countries and is already a major political factor. Through a comprehensive review of the literature and global statistics, we describe the obesity epidemic, the responsible dynamics, and the associated disparities and discrimination. Only through a better understanding of the scope and forces behind this global health burden can we better guide the necessary prevention and treatment.

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  1. DHR Health Institute for Education and Innovation, DHR Health System, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA

    R. Armour Forse

  2. DHR Health Institute for Research and Development, DHR Health System, Edinburg, TX, USA

    Monica M. Betancourt-Garcia

  3. Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Bariatrics, DHR Health System, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA

    Michelle Cordoba Kissee

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  1. Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA

    Ninh T. Nguyen

  2. Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Stacy A. Brethauer

  3. Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery Division, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    John M. Morton

  4. Bariatric Surgery, Metabolic and Bariatric Care, CHI Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, USA

    Jaime Ponce

  5. Department of General Surgery, The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA

    Raul J. Rosenthal

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Forse, R.A., Betancourt-Garcia, M.M., Kissee, M.C. (2020). Epidemiology and Discrimination in Obesity. In: Nguyen, N., Brethauer, S., Morton, J., Ponce, J., Rosenthal, R. (eds) The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27021-6_1

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