Authors
Martin Fried, Vojtech Hainer, Arnaud Basdevant, Henry Buchwald, Mervyn Deitel, Nicholas Finer, Jan Willem M Greve, Fritz Horber, Elisabeth Mathus–Vliegen, Nicola Scopinaro, Rudolf Steffen, Constantine Tsigos, Rudolf Weiner, Kurt Widhalm
Publication date
2007/2
Journal
Obesity surgery
Volume
17
Pages
260-270
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Description
Foreword
In 2005, for the first time, an expert panel named “The Bariatric Scientific Collaborative Group” (BSCG), was appointed through a joint effort of the major European Scientific Societies which are active in the field of obesity management. Societies that constituted this panel were: International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity – European Chapter (IFSO-EC), European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG) and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) which was represented during the completion process by its representatives.
The BSCG was composed of officers representing the respective Scientific Societies (including four acting Presidents, two past Presidents, one Honorary President, and three Executive Directors). The panel was also balanced by the presence of many other opinion leaders in the field of obesity. The BSCG …
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