RT Book, Section
A1 Luo, James N.
A1 Tavakkoli, Ali
A2 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1171286583
T1 Surgical Weight Management
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 15e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill LLC
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260122213
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171286583
RD 2024/04/19
AB Obesity  has  been  a  part  of  human  society  from  time  immemorial.  One  of  the  earliest  documented  references  to  human  obesity  can  be  seen  in  a  limestone  female  figurine  from  the  late  Paleolithic  period  (c.  25,000  BC)  found  in  Willendorf,  Australia,  in  1908,  commonly  referred  to  as  the  Venus  of  Willendorf.  She  is  believed  to  be  the  matriarch  of  fertility.  As  human  evolution  progressed  from  thrift  to  abundance,  the  apparent  selection  advantage  of  excess  body  fat  (eg,  insulation,  protection,  efficient  energy  storage)  was  replaced  by  the  health  burdens  of  obesity.  This  shift  has  accelerated  dramatically  over  the  past  half-century,  and  today,  obesity  and  its  attendant  metabolic  consequences  have  become  a  major  health  crisis  worldwide.