American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery review of the body mass index

Authors

Jonathan Carter, University of California, San Francisco
Farah Husain, Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix
Pavlos Papasavas, Hartford Hospital
Salvatore Docimo, University of South Florida, Tampa
Vance Albaugh, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow
Laura Aylward, WVU Health Sciences Center Morgantown
Cynthia Blalock, Vanderbilt University
Sue Benson-Davies, University of South Dakota

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-29-2024

Publication Title

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Abstract

The body mass index was first described almost 200 years ago and has since been used as a measure of obesity. This review describes the history, advantages, disadvantages, and alternatives to the body mass index in the care of the metabolic and bariatric surgical patient.

PubMed ID

39681504

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Carter, Jonathan; Husain, Farah; Papasavas, Pavlos; Docimo, Salvatore; Albaugh, Vance; Aylward, Laura; Blalock, Cynthia; and Benson-Davies, Sue, "American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery review of the body mass index" (2024). School of Medicine Faculty Publications. 3306.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/som_facpubs/3306
10.1016/j.soard.2024.10.038