title: The obesity epidemic: is bariatric surgery the antidote?
authors.forename: Shahzeer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karmali
authors.forename: Eldon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shaffer
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology