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Redefining Surgical Outcomes after Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: An American Society for...

Abstract Background Traditional assessment of response to metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) has relied predominantly on weight- and BMI-based outcomes....

ASMBS Review of the Body Mass Index

Introduction The American Medical Association designated obesity as a disease in 2013 [1]. In 2022, 6 leading organizations with a...

ASMBS Review of Body Composition

Introduction Although the body mass index (BMI) has been used as a measure of obesity for decades, it is now...