Erschienen in:
15.01.2021 | Letter to the Editor
Report on Bariatric Surgery in Latvia
verfasst von:
Guna Bilande, Maksims Mukans, Valdis Pirags
Erschienen in:
Obesity Surgery
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Ausgabe 5/2021
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Excerpt
Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by an increase of body fat stores. It is a gateway to ill health, and it has become one of the leading causes of disability and death, affecting not only adults but also children and adolescents worldwide. Bariatric surgery is a permanent method of morbid obesity treatment applied also in Latvia, but there is lack of structured data and publications about it. …