The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery

Developed by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery provides a comprehensive guide of information dealing with the ever evolving field of bariatric surgery. Volume II: Integrated Health is divided into 3 sections: bariatric medicine, psychosocial and nutritional aspects of bariatric surgery. The first section deals with the psychosocial issues associated with morbid obesity. The second section deals with the role of bariatric physicians in preoperative and postoperative support of the bariatric patients. The nutritional section discusses the preoperative and postoperative nutritional support for the bariatric patient. The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery will be of great value to surgeons, residents and fellows, bariatric physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists and integrated health members that manage the morbidly obese.

Christopher Still, DO GI/Nutrition Geisinger Medical Center Danville, PA Gary Foster, PhD Director Center for Obesity Research and Education Professor Medicine and Public Health Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA Jeanne Blankenship, MS, RD Dietitian Department of Surgery Bariatric Surgery University of California Davis Medical Center Sacramento, CA.