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Editorial
. 2021 Jun 30;30(2):77-80.
doi: 10.7570/jomes21052.

Overcoming Increasing Morbid Obesity in Korea

Youn Huh  1   2 , Ga Eun Nam  2   3
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Editorial

Overcoming Increasing Morbid Obesity in Korea

Youn Huh et al. J Obes Metab Syndr. .
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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Ga Eun Nam has worked as an Associate Editor of the journal since 2020. However, she was not involved in the peer reviewer selection, evaluation, or decision process of this article. Otherwise, no other potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.

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Annual number of bariatric and metabolic surgery in South Korea from 2003 to 2019.
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