title: The obesity epidemic: the impact of obesity on the perianesthesia patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. knoble@temple.edu
authors.forename: Kim A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Noble
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology