Bariatric Surgery Is Booming - Is It Needed?
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 17:50
in Health & Medicine
Obesity is big business and as a result, so are bariatric surgeries. They are a popular fail safe for people who believe they lack the mental solve to eat less but is it really the most cost effective way to treat obesity now that health care is government controlled? Writing in both BMJ and JAMA, David Arterburn, MD, MPH, weighs the evidence on the benefits and risks of the various types of this surgery. "It's critical that we find effective—and cost-effective—ways to treat severe obesity," said Dr. Arterburn, an associate investigator at Group Health Research Institute, a Group Health physician, and an affiliate associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. read more