In this episode, Dr Shahzeer Karmali discusses surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity. After listening to this podcast, learners should be able to: describe recent changes in body weight in the North American population list the diseases associated with morbid obesity define the terms 'overweight', 'obese' and 'severely obese' outline the principles of treatment of morbid obesity outline the principles of surgery for morbid obesity list three operations for morbid obesity describe the evidence base for morbid obesity surgery Running time 23:53 Extra: link to 'Obesity 101'