title: Overview of the epidemiology of obesity and the early history of procedures to remedy morbid obesity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, TA 245, 600 Moye Boulevard, Greenville, NC 27834-4354, USA. macdonaldk@mail.ecu.edu
authors.forename: Kenneth G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: MacDonald
mesh_terms: D048909:Diabetes Complications; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D006801:Humans; D007581:Jejunoileal Bypass; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D015995:Prevalence