Series title from spine: Gastroenterology clinics.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Epidemiology of obesity in the United States / John R. Pender and Walter J. Pories -- Metabolic implications of obesity: before and after gastric bypass / Donald W. Richardson and Aaron I. Vinik -- Metabolic complications of bariatric surgery: diagnosis and management issues / M. Elizabeth Mason, Harini Jalagani, and Aaron I. Vinik -- Gastroesophageal reflux disease and obesity / Philip O. Katz, Jorge Uribe, and Anoop Shah -- Hepatic complications of obesity / Anna Mae Diehl -- Obesity and disease of the esophagus and colon / Hashem B. El-Serag -- Diet options of obesity: fad or famous? / Luis A. Balart -- Pharmacological therapies for obesity / Lee M. Kaplan -- Gastrointestinal management of the bariatric surgery patient / Lee M. Kaplan -- Surgical options for obesity / Eric J. DeMaria and Mohammad K. Jamal -- Endoscopic treatments for obesity: past, present and future / Christopher J. Gostout and Elizabeth Rajan -- Endoscopy in the bariatric surgical patient / Christopher S. Huang and Francis A. Farraye.