Christopher Still • David B. Sarwer
Jeanne Blankenship
Editors

2014

Volume 2: Integrated Health

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) is comprised of a dynamic group of surgeons, physicians, and integrated health members, all of whom are constantly challenged to improve the care of obese patients. As acknowledged in a landmark 2013 decision by the American Medical Association, clinically severe obesity is a disease process that is associated with multiple life-threatening conditions that may lead to premature death.