Wisconsin Medical Journal

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  • Jennifer L. Erickson
  • Paul E. Peppard
چکیده

At the time of this study, Ms Erickson was a fourth year medical student at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. Doctor Remington is a professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr Peppard is a senior epidemiologist with the Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute, University of Wisconsin Medical School. This work was conducted as part of a fourth year medical school elective in population health. ABSTRACT Background: Obesity is a national epidemic with rates in Wisconsin and the United States doubling over the past decade. Research of available treatments for morbid obesity (body mass index >40 kg/m2) suggests that bariatric surgery may be the only modality that provides any significant long term weight loss.

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تاریخ انتشار 2004