Duff Bruce introduces this issue’s feature section
Carel le Roux explains why obesity surgery is not a treatment for obesity but a way of making people healthier
how research in Sweden has highlighted the benefits of obesity surgery
Dr Iain Broom explains how effective long-term management of obesity requires input from other key disciplines
Iain Macintyre charts the development of surgery for obesity
2009 marked the bicentenary of the death of Daniel Lambert, famed as the heaviest known person of his day