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Why Patients Seek Bariatric Surgery: Does Insurance Coverage Matter?

Phillip J. Brantley, Krystal Waldo, Molly R. Matthews‐Ewald, Ricky Brock, Catherine M. Champagne, Tim Church, Melissa Harris, Tipton McKnight, Melanie McKnight, Valerie H. Myers,

Obesity Surgery · 2014 · 24 citations · 13 references

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Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2008

Katherine M. Flegal · JAMA · 2010 · 7.6K citations

Public Health, Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition +8

Multifactorial Intervention and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Peter Gæde, Pernille Vedel, Nicolai Balle Larsen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2003 · 4.4K citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Rehabilitation Medicine +17

Effect of a Multifactorial Intervention on Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes

Peter Gæde, Henrik Lund‐Andersen, Hans‐Henrik Parving et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2008 · 3.5K citations · Full text

Medicine, Chronic Disease Control, Internal Medicine +12

Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults--The Evidence Report. National Institutes of Health.

Anna Meiliana, Andi Wijaya · PubMed · 1998 · 2.7K citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Pharmacology +17

Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy in Obese Patients with Diabetes

Philip R. Schauer, Sangeeta R. Kashyap, Kathy Wolski et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2012 · 2.2K citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Surgery +12