Nutrition Through The Life Cycle
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Introduction: Bariatric surgery refers to sugeries as an intervention to treat severely obese indidividuals. These are usually recommended to adolescents with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 40 or BMI greater than 35 with serious medical complications.
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