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Weight loss (bariatric) surgery is recommended for patients with a BMI of 40 kg/m2 or higher and for those with a BMI of 35 kg/m2 or greater with at least 1 obesity-related comorbidity.
Practitioners should consider bariatric surgery for eligible patients based on BMI and comorbidities.
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In 2013, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the Obesity Society, and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery issued a guideline that recommended weight loss (bariatric) surgery for all patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 kg/m2 or higher and for those with a BMI of 35 kg/m2 or greater in the presence of at least 1 obesity-related comorbidity.
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Source
Should This Patient Have Weight Loss Surgery?
Gerald W. Smetana et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2017
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