The province of Ontario's move to reduce costs by expanding domestic capacity to perform
bariatric surgery is raising concerns about longer waiting lists and regional variations in the …

Commentary potentially eligible for surgery (ie, patients with severe obesity or medically
complicated moderate obesity). Medical complications are present in about 60% of patients …

I would like to commend the authors on evaluating the bariatric care being provided in the
United States [1]. I think the authors have done a good job in beginning to identify the true …

Bariatric Surgery in Canada: A Focus on Day Surgery Procedures Page 1 Healthcare Quarterly
Vol.13 No.3 2010 15 Bariatric Surgery in Canada: A Focus on Day Surgery Procedures Janine …

Despite this exponential increase in the performance of bariatric surgical procedures,
current estimates indicate that as little as 0.6% of patients who qualify for bariatric surgery …

BACKGROUND: Weight loss operations are being performed at an exponentially increasing
rate. Although highly effective for controlling obesity and its complications, the operations …

Background Severe obesity is reaching epidemic proportions throughout the world,
including Canada. The only permanent treatment of severe or morbid obesity is bariatric …

It is estimated that 5.7% of American adults, or approximately 14.5 million people, are
morbidly obese, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of> 40 kg/m2 and thus are eligible for …

for weight loss surgery. Long-term follow-up from the Swedish Obese Subjects study
reported in JAMA showed that although fewer medications were used by bariatric patients …

Obesity rates for Canadian adults are much higher today than in the past, raising questions
about how to achieve healthy weights and mitigate the associated health risks. While not a …