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A Schigt1, V E A Gerdes, H A Cense, F J Berends, F M H van Dielen, I Janssen, A van der Laar, B A van Wagensveld, J A Romijn, M J Serlie.
Abstract
The global obesity epidemic is also affecting the Netherlands, paralleled by a proportional increase in the number of morbidly obese persons. Bariatric surgery has been included as a treatment for morbid obesity in the Dutch Guideline for Obesity (2008). Nonetheless, bariatric surgery is applied in only a limited number of morbidly obese subjects in the Netherlands. Based on the most recent literature and Dutch statistics, this review provides a summary of current knowledge on the impact of obesity on health and health care and highlights the effective role of bariatric surgery in reducing this threat to public health.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 23482295
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neth J Med ISSN： 0300-2977 Impact factor: 1.422