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Emerging scientific evidence suggests that daily cycles of sleep‐wake, regulation of hormones, and many physiological processes are often misaligned with behavioral patterns during shift work, especially rotating night shift work, leading to an increased risk of developing cancer and metabolic disorders, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes. This chapter reviews the epidemiologic...
Surgical options for the treatment of obesity have been available for more than 50 years but introduction of the laparoscopic approach to obesity surgery and the availability of the adjustable gastric band have led to a strong growth in use of bariatric surgery in the last 10 years. Current techniques include Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass, laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and biliopancreatic bypass...
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