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Obesity and its health-related medical problems place a considerable burden on the health system and have a significant impact on health-related spending. Latest data has shown that more than one in four adult Australians are classified as obese (BMI of 30.0 kg/m2 or more), and this figure is continually rising. This chapter reviews the principles of secondary prevention of obesity and the surgical management of severe obesity. The management of obesity involves an interdisciplinary team that including specialised dieticians, exercise physiologists, clinical psychologists, physicians and surgeons with expertise in weight loss management. Bariatric surgery should be considered for suitable patients who met set criteria and may take the form of laparoscopic gastric banding, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and single loop bypass.
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Kanhere, H.A., Trochsler, M.I. (2019). Management of Obesity. In: Wichmann, M., McCullough, T., Roberts-Thomson, I., Maddern, G. (eds) Gastroenterology For General Surgeons. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92768-8_24
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