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Guidelines fall short on bariatric surgery

John McCallum
Med J Aust 2014; 200 (8): . || doi: 10.5694/mja14.00214
Published online: 19 May 2014

To the Editor: I am writing in relation to the concerns raised by Dixon in his critique of the Clinical practice guidelines for the management of overweight and obesity from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).1


  • Research Translation Group, National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra, ACT.


Correspondence: alexis.cooper@nhmrc.gov.au

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

  • 1. Dixon JB. Guidelines fall short on bariatric surgery. Med J Aust 2014; 200: 70.
  • 2. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of overweight and obesity in adults, adolescents and children in Australia. Canberra: NHMRC, 2013. http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/guidelines/publications/n57 (accessed Apr 2014).

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