title: Correspondence: Response to letter to the editor by K Scharf and J Morton.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA, hlebovitz1@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Harold E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Lebovitz
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D018579:Patient Selection