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Approximately 66% of participants had a history of at least one axis I disorder, and 38% met diagnostic criteria at the time of the transaction.

Psychiatric disorders among bariatric surgery candidates: relationship to obesity and functional health status

Am J Psychiatry 164:328-334, February 2007
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.164.2.328
Âc 2007 American Psychiatric Association
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Psychiatric disorders among bariatric surgery candidates: relationship to obesity and functional health status

Obese people become obese because they have been neglected or abused in their childhood when they develop a mental illness that leads to overeating and inactivity. They should begin to face their demons before considering life-threatening operations that often fail to make them permanently slim.
Women are also down for this type of surgery and its popularity and how many surgeons rich.