title: Options on obesity.
abstract: Obesity is a major problem, putting increasing pressure on specialists services. Weight-loss programmer provided by multidisciplinary teams and based in hospitals or the community are achieving considerable success, with some candidates for bariatric surgery losing so much weight they no longer seek surgery. Nurses take an important and rewarding role in these services.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D020377:Self Efficacy; D015431:Weight Loss