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Accuracy of Self-Reported Height and Weight Among Sleeve Gastrectomy Patients with Disordered Eating

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  1. Program for Obesity, Weight, and Eating Research, Yale University School of Medicine, 301 Cedar Street, 2nd Floor, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA

    Valentina Ivezaj & Carlos M. Grilo

  2. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 301 Cedar Street, 2nd Floor, New Haven, CT, 06519, USA

    Carlos M. Grilo

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Drs. Ivezaj and Grilo declare no conflicts of interest. Outside the submitted work, Dr. Grilo reports personal fees from Shire and Sunovion, royalties from Guilford Press Publishers and Taylor & Francis Publishers, and honoraria from the American Psychological Association, Vindico CME, American Academy CME, and Medscape and Global Medical CME.

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Ivezaj, V., Grilo, C.M. Accuracy of Self-Reported Height and Weight Among Sleeve Gastrectomy Patients with Disordered Eating. OBES SURG 27, 267–270 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2443-2

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