Super-Obesity in the Elderly: Is Bariatric Surgery Justified?

Increases in Clinically Severe Obesity in the United States, 1986-2000

Roland Sturm · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2003 · 546 citations

Public Health, Population Health Sciences, Disease Surveillance +6

Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Survival

David Arterburn, Maren K. Olsen, Valerie A. Smith et al. · JAMA · 2015 · 475 citations

Medicine, Surgery, General Surgery +15

The Validation of the Moorehead-Ardelt Quality of Life Questionnaire II

Melodie K. Moorehead, Elisabeth Ardelt-Gattinger, H Lechner et al. · Obesity Surgery · 2003 · 294 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Health Assessment +11

Prevalence of obesity among older adults in the United States, 2007-2010.

Tala H I Fakhouri, Cynthia L. Ogden, Margaret D Carroll et al. · PubMed · 2012 · 266 citations

Social Sciences, Demography, Geriatric Medicine +12

Age as a Long-Term Prognostic Factor in Bariatric Surgery

Gitana Scozzari, Roberto Passera, Rosa Benvenga et al. · Annals of Surgery · 2012 · 117 citations · Full text

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +17