New Study Finds Social And Economic Factors Play Major Role In Determining Who Gets Bariatric Surgery

Less than one-half of one percent (0.4%) of the 22 million people in the U.S. who are medically eligible for bariatric surgery actually get the surgery, and those who do are most likely to be white females with higher incomes and covered by private health insurance, according to a new study presented here at the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

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Filed under: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness on June 29th, 2009