Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Control of Morbid Obesity
- 11 December 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 288 (22), 2793-2796
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.288.22.2793
Abstract
Obesity, defined as 20% or more than the ideal weight or body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) ofKeywords
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