PPO Best Practices for Assuring Successful Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
AAPPO is pleased to bring you information on the health problem of obesity. Obesity is a growing public health problem in the U.S., and is a contributing factor to many chronic diseases including diabetes, heart disease, and joint disease. Approximately 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese. In the past decade, the rate of bariatric surgery has increased six fold and evidence is accumulating about the health effects of surgery.
This web page offers resources to PPO clinical leadership to help understand the obesity problem in the US, offer tools and information, and identify best practices in weight loss. This web site will be updated periodically with new information and Issue Briefs focusing on bariatric surgery, so please check back regularly. Use these links for more information!
