TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Obesity, Metabolic Surgery, and Kidney Transplantation A1 - Pratt, Sarah A1 - Friesen, Timothee A1 - Gentles, Charmaine A1 - Gellman, Larry A1 - Gadaleta, Dominick A2 - Molmenti, Ernesto Pompeo Y1 - 2023 N1 - T2 - Molmenti’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management, 2e AB - Obesity is a growing problem both in the United States and around the world. Defined as excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health, obesity has been found to be a major risk factor in several chronic diseases. Objectively, overweight is defined as a body mass index (BMI in kg/m2) greater than 25, and obesity is defined as a BMI greater than 30. Since 1975 the rate of obesity has nearly tripled, leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare obesity a global epidemic and worldwide public health crisis in the 1990s. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/06 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1194179320 ER -