Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 56-58 , January 2005

Adverse psychosocial consequences of extreme obesity and the effects of surgically induced weight loss

  • Thomas A. Wadden, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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PII: S1550-7289(04)00021-8

doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2004.12.019

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 56-58 , January 2005

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