Narula, Nisha https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5668-1480
Slater, Bethany J.
Sylla, Patricia
Kumar, Sunjay S. https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7057-0097
Calabrese, Elisa https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0217-7933
Nadglowski, Joe
Keller, Deborah S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8645-6206
Article History
Received: 15 November 2024
Accepted: 2 January 2025
First Online: 21 January 2025
Declarations
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: Nisha Narula has no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. Bethany J. Slater received consulting fee from Hologic and is the SAGES Guideline Chair. Patricia Sylla received consulting fees from Ethicon, Stryker, Safeheal, Exero, Activ Surgical. Sunjay S. Kumar has no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. Elisa Calabrese received SAGES guidelines research fellowship 2023-2025 with stipend from SAGES and Royal Australasia College of Surgeons (RACS). Joe Nadglowski is an employee of the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC). He is Obesity Care Advocacy Network former Co-Chair. OAC, his employer, receives support from a wide number of companies and organization interested in obesity care including obesity related pharma, surgical device and equipment manufacturers and behavioral treatment companies as well as the not for profit medical societies related to such care. OAC received fees from NovoNordisk and Boehringer Ingelheim for Patient centered clinical trial review. OAC received fees from Novo Nordisk, Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Lilly, WondrHealth for Presentation honoraria. OAC received fees from WondrHealth Advisory Board and Boehringer Ingelheim Advisory Board. Deborah S. Keller has no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.