Clarification of the goals of the national institutes of health symposium on bariatric surgery outcomes

Affiliations

• ¹ Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• ² Office of Obesity Research, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland3Obesity and Eating Disorders Program, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.
• ³ Clinical Bariatric Surgery Program, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.