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Report Shows Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy has Morbidity and Effectiveness Positioned Between the Band and the Bypass

Dear Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times fans: I would like to start this editorial by commenting on the article by Bartholomay on weight loss surgery in patients with chronic kidney

American Heart Association States Bariatric Surgery Has Benefits that May Outweigh Hazards

Dear Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times fans: I’d like to start this editorial by briefly mentioning two articles on obesity and its treatment. The first article by Poirier et al[1]

Editorial Message—Worldwide Obesity Rates Doubled Over Past Three Decades: Dietary Habits and Physical Activity Partly to Blame

Dear friends, colleagues, and readers of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times: As I opened Google news this morning, I found an article in the healthcare news section entitled “Worldwide Obesity

Editorial Message—Research Shows that Starting Children with Breastfeeding Alone during the Early Months Prevents Obesity Later in Life

Dear Readers: Happy New Year! I hope you all are having a good start to 2011. Our first issue of 2011 discusses several important subjects related to the pre- and

Editorial Message—United States Food and Drug Administration Recommends Extending Gastric Band Use to Patients with Body Mass Index Between 30 and 35kg/m2

Dear Readers: I have some great news to share with you as we finish the year 2010. The 10-member United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee voted overwhelmingly

Editorial Message—Patient Follow Up: A Critical Component of Bariatric Surgery

Patient Follow Up: A Critical Component of Bariatric Surgery

Editorial Message: The decision to discharge patients should be the physician’s, not insurance carriers

Dear Friends: I am writing to you on my flight back from Washington, DC, where I attended the 96th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Although

“Medical Tourism”—Dangerous for Patients and Difficult to Manage for Surgeons in the United States

Dear Readers: Welcome to the September 2010 issue of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times. I just returned from Long Beach, California, where I attended the 15th Annual International Federation for

Bariatric surgery in adolescents with obesity—Careful consideration of each patient a must

Dear Readers: Welcome to the August 2010 issue of Metabolic & Bariatric Care Times! Two very interesting articles, a difficult case presentation, and the 2010 Buyers Guide are the core