Experiences of women before and after bariatric surgery

Obesity has reached epidemic proportion in the United States. Results of diet, exercise regimens, and/or medications are discouraging for most individuals; therefore, bariatric surgery is on the rise. Patients undergoing bariatric surgery are overwhelmingly female. There is a plethora of research re...

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Main Author: Followell, Janet
Published: University of Plymouth 1995
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.580467