Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Obesity in adults" and "Society guideline links: Obesity in children" and "Society guideline links: Diabetes mellitus in adults".)
International
●Endocrine Society (ES): Clinical practice guideline on pediatric obesity – Assessment, treatment, and prevention (2017)
●2nd Diabetes Surgery Summit (DSS-II): Metabolic surgery in the treatment algorithm for type 2 diabetes – A joint statement by international diabetes organizations (2016)
●Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society: Guidelines for perioperative care in bariatric surgery (2016)
●ES: Clinical practice guideline for the endocrine and nutritional management of the post-bariatric surgery patient (2010)
●International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG): Guidelines for surgical treatment of extremely obese adolescents (2009)
United States
●American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS): Consensus statement on laparoscopic adjustable gastric band management (2022)
●American Gastroenterological Association (AGA): Clinical practice guidelines on intragastric balloons in the management of obesity (2021)
●American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)/The Obesity Society (TOS)/ASMBS/Obesity Medicine Association (OMA)/American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA): Clinical practice guidelines for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariatric surgery patient, update (2020)
●ASMBS: Position statement on the relationship between obesity and cancer, and the role of bariatric surgery – Risk, timing of treatment, effects on disease biology, and qualification for surgery (2020)
●ASMBS: Updated statement on single-anastomosis duodenal switch (2020)
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery – Evidence, barriers, and best practices (2019)
●Choosing Wisely: American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery – Five things physicians and patients should question (2015, reviewed 2019)
●ASMBS: Pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery guidelines (2018)
●ASMBS: Updated position statement on bariatric surgery in class I obesity (2018)
●ASMBS and American Hernia Society (AHS): Consensus guideline on bariatric surgery and hernia surgery (2018)
●ASMBS: Integrated health nutritional guidelines for the surgical weight loss patient – Micronutrients, 2016 update (published 2017)
●ASMBS: Updated position statement on sleeve gastrectomy as a bariatric procedure (2017)
●ASMBS: Position statement on long-term survival benefit after metabolic and bariatric surgery (2016)
●ASMBS: Recommendations for the presurgical psychosocial evaluation of bariatric surgery patients (2016)
●ASMBS: Updated position statement on insurance mandated preoperative weight loss requirements (2016)
●ASMBS, the National Lipid Association (NLA), and OMA: Scientific statement on lipids and bariatric procedures (2016)
●American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): Position statement on endoscopic bariatric therapies in clinical practice (2015)
●ASGE with Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and ASMBS: Guideline on the role of endoscopy in the bariatric surgery patient (2015)
●ASMBS: Position statement on intragastric balloon therapy (2015)
●ASMBS: Position statement on prevention, detection, and treatment of gastrointestinal leak after gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, including the roles of imaging, surgical exploration, and nonoperative management (2015)
●ASMBS: Position statement on vagal blocking therapy for obesity (2015)
●ASMBS: Updated position statement on prophylactic measures to reduce the risk of venous thromboembolism in bariatric surgery patients (2013)
●ASMBS: Guideline for the peri-operative management of obstructive sleep apnea (2012)
●ASMBS: Position statement on gastric plication (2011)
●North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI): Report on nutritional strategy for adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery (2011)
●ASMBS: Position statement on emergency care of patients with complications related to bariatric surgery (2010)
●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Practice bulletin on bariatric surgery and pregnancy (2009)
Europe
●European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES): Clinical practice guidelines on bariatric surgery (2020)
●European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO): Practical recommendations for the post-bariatric surgery medical management (2017)
●European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): Position statement on the indications and limitations of bariatric intervention in severely obese children and adolescents with and without nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (2015)
United Kingdom
●British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS): Guidelines on perioperative and postoperative biochemical monitoring and micronutrient replacement for patients undergoing bariatric surgery (2020)
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on single-anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy for treating morbid obesity (2016)
●Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG): Scientific impact paper on the role of bariatric surgery in improving reproductive health (2015)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on implantation of a duodenal-jejunal bypass sleeve for managing obesity (2013)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on laparoscopic gastric plication for the treatment of severe obesity (2012)
Australia-New Zealand
●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not use endoscopy for investigation in gastric band patients with symptoms of reflux (2016)
