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  • British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)
    www.baaps.org.uk
     
  • British Obesity Surgery Patients Association (BOSPA)
    www.bospa.org

Sources

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  • Obesity: guidance on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), January 2010. www.nice.org.uk
  • Bariatric surgery. eMedicine. www.emedicine.medscape.com, published June 2012
  • Gastric band post op eating plan. British Obesity Surgery Patients Association. www.bospa.org, accessed 10 September 2012
  • Exercise programmes. British Obesity Surgery Patients Association. www.bospa.org, accessed 10 September 2012
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  • Management of obesity. Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), February 2010. www.sign.ac.uk

 

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