TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Surgical Management of Obesity
A1  - B. Hink, Ashley
A1  - Byrne, T. Karl
A1  - Pullatt, Rana C.
A2  - McKean, Sylvia C.
A2  - Ross, John J.
A2  - Dressler, Daniel D.
A2  - Scheurer, Danielle B.
Y1  - 2017
N1  - 
T2  - Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine, 2e
AB  - Obesity  is  a  global  problem  and  a  major  contributor  to  morbidity  and  mortality  in  the  United  States.  The  World  Health  Organization  (WHO)  estimates  that  1.9  billion  adults  worldwide  are  overweight  (BMI  >  25  kg/m2)  and  600  million  are  obese  (BMI  >  30  kg/m2).  In  the  United  States,  67%  of  adults  are  overweight,  35%  of  adults  are  considered  obese,  and  6.4%  are  morbidly  obese  (BMI  >  40  kg/m2).  While  there  is  increasing  knowledge  about  obesity  and  efforts  to  reduce  the  epidemic  in  the  United  States,  the  prevalence  of  obesity  has  remained  largely  unchanged  over  the  past  10  years.  In  addition,  the  number  of  obese  children  has  more  than  doubled  over  the  past  3  decades  to  17%.  The  more  than  50  million  obese  Americans  are  at  risk  of  developing  numerous  obesity-related  health  problems,  including  hypertension,  diabetes,  and  coronary  artery  disease  (Table  63-1).  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1137626083
ER  -