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<p>While often viewed as a last-resort treatment of obesity, bariatric surgery actually is the only intervention demonstrated to improve obesity-related mortality. Strict criteria for payment by insurers and costs that are inaccessible to most of the uninsured have restricted the population who could benefit from bariatric surgery.</p>

The Long-term Picture After Bariatric Surgery