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Despite patient eligibility for bariatric surgery expanding over the last decade and its safety and effectiveness even further established in clinical studies and professional guidelines, relatively few patients with a body mass index (BMI) below 35 actually get the surgery in any given year, according to two new studies presented at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting. In the first study, ‘Bariatric Surgery for Low