title: ASMBS updated position statement on insurance mandated preoperative weight loss requirements.
authors: Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: jkim7@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
authors: Julie J
authors: JJ
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Surgery, Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
authors: Ann M
authors: AM
authors: Rogers
authors: Clara Mass Medical Center, Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
authors: Naveen
authors: N
authors: Ballem
authors: Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.
authors: Bruce
authors: B
authors: Schirmer
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D000070497:Healthy Lifestyle; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007348:Insurance, Health; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Bariatric surgery; Insurance requirements; Obesity; Weight loss