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In this issue of the Journal, two articles — by Sjöström et al.¹ and Adams et al.² — may provide the missing link between intentional weight loss and lives saved for obese patients. For the past two decades, we have been living through an epidemic of obesity.^3,4 The prevalence of obesity has more than doubled in adults and has risen by a factor of more than 3 in children. This escalation in obesity is a time bomb for the future risk of diabetes and other illnesses and for the attendant costs.⁵

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From the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

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