Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity

The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence-Based Practice Centers (EPCs), sponsors the development of evidence reports & technology assessments to assist public- & private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve the quality of health care in the U.S. This report was requested & funded by the U.S. Food & Drug Admin.'s Office of Women's Health. Pharmacological & surgical treatments for weight loss have become both more numerous & more commonly used. This report was commissioned to review the evidence on such treatments in adults, adolescents, & children. Illustrations.Shekelle, Paul G. is the author of 'Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756746322 and ISBN 0756746329.