Stanford University Medical Center

Media Advisory: Stanford Podcast on Obesity and Bariatric Surgery

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 30th, 2009

Chew on this: An estimated 12 million Americans are considered morbidly obese, making that population the seventh largest state in the country. Obesity has become one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century and is fast approaching tobacco as the top underlying preventable cause of death in the United States.

John Morton, MD, associate professor of surgery at the Stanford University School of Medicine and director of bariatric surgery at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, recently spoke about the health effects of obesity and the risks and benefits of weight-loss surgery during a podcast of the “1:2:1” program, produced by the medical school’s Office of...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2009-03-30)

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