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- Title
Beyond the BMI: The Search for Better Guidelines for Bariatric Surgery.
- Authors
Pories, Walter J.; Dohm, Lynis G.; Mansfield, Christopher J.
- Abstract
The application of the BMI of ≥35 as the major prerequisite for access to bariatric surgery is no longer appropriate because the index, now incorporated in the requirements of Medicare, Medicaid and most private carriers, does not reflect the degree or distribution of adiposity, it discriminates unfairly on the basis of gender, race, age, fitness, and body fat composition. Further, with increasing evidence that bariatric surgery can also induce full and durable remission of such comorbidities as type 2 diabetes even in patients with BMIs <30, new guidelines must be pursued.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BODY mass index; BARIATRIC surgery; MEDICARE; MEDICAID; TYPE 2 diabetes; HEALTH insurance
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2010, Vol 18, Issue 5, p865
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/oby.2010.8