title: Foreword.
authors.affiliation: Colonel (ret.), United States Army Reserve York Hospital, 16 Hospital Drive, Suite A, York, ME 03909, USA. Electronic address: rmartin@yorkhospital.com.
authors.forename: Ronald F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*