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DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1295684
Obesity Epidemiology
Publikationsverlauf
Publikationsdatum:
06. Dezember 2011 (online)

ABSTRACT
Obesity has progressed in a few decades from a public health footnote in developed countries to a top-priority international issue. Because obesity implies increased morbidity and mortality from chronic, debilitating disorders, it is a major burden on individuals and health systems in both developing and developed countries. Obesity is a complex disorder unequally affecting all age groups and socioeconomic classes. Of special concern is increasing childhood obesity. This review presents the extent of the obesity epidemic and its impact worldwide by way of introduction to a discussion of colon and rectal surgery in the obese patient.
KEYWORDS
Epidemiology - obesity - overweight
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