title: Clarification of the goals of the national institutes of health symposium on bariatric surgery outcomes.
authors: Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors: Anita P
authors: AP
authors: Courcoulas
authors: Office of Obesity Research, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland3Obesity and Eating Disorders Program, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors: Susan Z
authors: SZ
authors: Yanovski
authors: Clinical Bariatric Surgery Program, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors: Mary
authors: M
authors: Horlick
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000601:surgery*; D015431:Weight Loss