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Morbid obesity is defined for those patients who are at least twice their expected or ideal body weight, as judged by the height and weight tables.
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Villar, H.V. (1988). Gastric Procedures in Morbid Obesity. In: Becker, H.D., Herfarth, C., Lierse, W., Schreiber, H.W. (eds) Surgery of the Stomach. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-88327-9_23
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