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| Description | Web Site | |
| American Academy of Family Practitioners "Obesity: Assessment and Management in Primary Care" – follows NIH recommendations. This is also "Report 6 - Obesity as a Major Public Health Problem" from the AMA. | http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010601/2185.html | |
| American College of Surgeons - Recommendations for facilities performing bariatric surgery | http://www.facs.org/fellows_info/statements/st-34.html | |
| American Society for Bariatric Surgery. Professional organization. List of ASBS surgeons by state. | http://www.asbs.org/ | |
| American Society of Bariatric Surgeons (ASBS) and Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) joint "Guidelines for Laparoscopic and Conventional Treatment of Morbid Obesity" | http://www.sages.org/sg_pub30.html | |
| Association for Morbid Obesity. Patient Advocacy site. Can find out information on surgeons and insurance coverage in specific cities. List of surgeons. | http://www.obesityhelp.com | |
| Gastric Surgery for Severe Obesity at National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Excellent patient information site. | http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/pubs/gastsurg.htm | |
| International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity - IFSO (of which the ASBS is a member) General info. | http://www.obesitysurgery.com/ | |
| Links to other surgeon’s sites. | http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~olwen/ocwlnkws.htm | |
| National Institutes of Health Consensus panel recommendation for Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity | http://text.nlm.nih.gov/nih/cdc/www/84.html | |
| Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) "Guidelines for Framework for Post-Residency Surgical Education and Training" | http://www.sages.org/sg_pub17.html | |
| Surgical site for the American Obesity Association. Home page is good general reference | http://www.obesity.org/obesity_surgery.htm | |
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