RT Book, Section
A1 Wu, Jacqueline J.
A1 Perugini, Richard A.
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Brotman, Daniel J.
A2 Ginsberg, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 56196085
T1 Chapter 68. Common Surgical Options for Treatment of Obesity
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160389-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56196085
RD 2024/04/24
AB Obesity  has  become  a  global  problem.  The  definition  and  classification  of  obesity  is  based  on  the  body  mass  index  (BMI),  which  is  calculated  as  weight  in  kilograms  divided  by  height  in  meters  squared.  An  estimated  1.7  billion  adults  worldwide  are  now  considered  overweight  (BMI  >  25  kg/m2).  Of  these,  300  million  are  obese  (BMI  >  30  kg/m2).  In  the  United  States,  two-thirds  of  adults  are  overweight,  one-third  of  adults  are  considered  obese,  and  almost  5%  are  morbidly  obese  (BMI  >  40  kg/m2).  In  addition,  the  number  of  obese  children  has  more  than  doubled  over  the  past  3  decades  to  16%.  The  more  than  50  million  obese  Americans  are  at  risk  of  developing  numerous  obesity-related  health  problems,  including  hypertension,  diabetes,  and  coronary  artery  disease,  to  name  just  a  few  (Table  68-1).