Links/Press

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PRESS: "Le Point" ranks the Clinique du Millénaire in 3rd place in France for the surgical treatment of obesity, out of the 277 surgical obesity clinics in 2014.

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PRESS: Article published in Santé Magazine: "Surgery for obesity: follow-ups are key."

Link : http://www.santemagazine.fr/chirurgie-de-l-obesite-le-suivi-est-determinant-57980.html

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PRESS: Article published on Sciencesetavenir.fr: "Surgery for obesity reduces the risk of diabetes."

Link: http://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/20141105.OBS4107/diabete-la-chirurgie-de-l-obesite-reduit-le-risque.html

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PRESS: Article published on lanutrition.fr: "Surgery remains under-used as treatment for obesity."

Link : http://www.lanutrition.fr/les-news/obesite-la-chirurgie-de-lestomac-reste-sous-utilisee.html

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If you want to find out more about the epidemiology of obesity and excess weight in France, the benchmark epidemiology study is the Obepi 2012 survey. Published every three years, it gives a very good overview of changes in obesity over the past fifteen years. At present in France, there are 15 million overweight people and 7 million obese people including 600,000 who are morbidly obese.

link : http://www.roche.fr/home/recherche/domaines_therapeutiques/cardio_metabolisme/enquete_nationale_obepi_2012.html

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PRESS: Article published on aufeminin.com: "Bariatric surgery explodes in France".

Link : http://www.aufeminin.com/societe/obesite-la-chirurgie-bariatrique-explose-en-france-s30050.html

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PRESS: Article published in "Le Monde": "Surgery for obesity undergoing a sharp rise."

Link : http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2014/10/13/la-chirurgie-de-l-obesite-en-plein-essort_4505297_1650684.html

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HYPERLINKS: The Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS) is the body that sets out recommendations and rules for the correct use of surgery for obesity.

Link to the HAS gateway site: http://www.has-sante.fr/portail/jcms/c_765529/fr/obesite-prise-en-charge-chirurgicale-chez-l-adulte

Link to the HAS patient information brochure : http://www.has-sante.fr/portail/upload/docs/application/pdf/2009-09/brochure_obesite_patient_220909.pdf

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