title: Obesity is a surgical disease: overview of obesity and bariatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: The Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE), Monash University Department of Surgery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. paul.obrien@med.monash.edu.au
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*