FUTURE CHALLENGES

FUTURE CHALLENGES

Patients with obesity su ff er from widespread prejudice. Under standing that the obesity epidemic currently experienced in di ff erent parts of the world is driven by a change in the environment towards becoming ‘obesogenic’ and not a lack of willpower would be the first step in r emoving the barriers to more surgery . istries so that safety can be monitored and operation trends established. Ideally registries should also link to other national healthcare records, e.g. diabetes da tabases, so that long-term outcomes data can be collected outside of funded RCTs.