Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, la obesidad se define como una acumulación excesiva de
grasa corporal (1), que tiene una estrecha relación con la aparición o complicación de enfermedades
crónicas como la diabetes, enfermedades cardiovasculares, y el cáncer (2).
En la actualidad, la obe...
Criteria for selection of appropriate candidates for bariatric surgery have been established to minimize surgical complications and to maximize the benefit of these important and limited procedures.
The preoperative workup should evaluate a patient’s medical, nutritional, mental and functional health...
According to the 2015 WHO report on overweight and obesity (1), obesity has doubled worldwide in the last 35 years. An estimated 1.8 billion people are overweight and 600 million of them are obese. Obesity among children is also increasing (42 million overweight or obese children under the age of 5). Acc...