TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Bariatric Surgery/Weight Loss in the Liver Transplant Candidate/Recipient A1 - Gentles, Charmaine A1 - Zhong, Xin A1 - Gellman, Larry A1 - Gadaleta, Dominick A2 - Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo A2 - SantibaƱes, Martin de A2 - SantibaƱes, Eduardo de PY - 2021 T2 - Liver Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management AB - Obesity is an ever-increasing problem both in the United States and worldwide. In 2014, 6, the World Health Organization reported 13% of adults to be obese and 39% overweight.1 In the United States, nearly 40% of the adult population suffers from obesity.2 The trend of increasing obesity continues to be disproportionately higher with increasing body mass index (BMI), with the highest growth in the super morbidly obese population.3 Obesity-related conditions include diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, which are some of the leading causes of preventable death. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that develops from obesity is associated with a higher mortality and liver-related deaths.495% prevalence of NAFLD in obese patients who had bariatric operations have been reported.4 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180107801 ER -