Obesity: when is specialist referral needed?

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Obesity Research, Rayne Institute, Department of Medicine, University College London; General Surgery Specialty Registrar, University College London Hospital (UCLH) Bariatric Centre for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery; National Institute of Health Research, UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, London.
² Diabetes & Endocrinology; Head of the UCL Centre for Obesity Research, Rayne Institute, Department of Medicine, University College London, London; Head of UCLH Obesity & Bariatric Services; NIHR Research Professor, National Institute of Health Research, UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, London.

Editorial

Roxanna Zakeri et al. Br J Gen Pract. 2018 Jun.

. 2018 Jun;68(671):264-265.

doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X696281.

¹ Centre for Obesity Research, Rayne Institute, Department of Medicine, University College London; General Surgery Specialty Registrar, University College London Hospital (UCLH) Bariatric Centre for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery; National Institute of Health Research, UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, London.
² Diabetes & Endocrinology; Head of the UCL Centre for Obesity Research, Rayne Institute, Department of Medicine, University College London, London; Head of UCLH Obesity & Bariatric Services; NIHR Research Professor, National Institute of Health Research, UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, London.

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