Volume 02, Issue 03
February 2011
Ken Fujioka, MD
Morbid obesity: weight loss options
Bariatric surgery is an effective approach for managing morbid obesity, but not all obese individuals are good candidates. A thorough history is critical for assessing whether (and which) surgery is an appropriate fit. Two important factors to conÂsider are severity and duration of obesity. For those individuals with less severe obesity and/or relatively recent onset (espeÂcially with an identifiable cause ), therapeutic lifestyle...
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Podcast Type:
Diabetes Insight
Publication Date:
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 20:30