Bariatric Surgery Trends in the U.S.: 1% is the Loneliest Number

∗Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin ‡William S. Middleton Memorial VA, Madison, Wisconsin. [email protected]. Effort on this manuscript was made possible by an American College of Surgeons George H.A. Clowes Career Development Award and a VA Career Development Award to Dr. Funk (CDA 015-060). The views represented in this study represent those of the authors and not those of the DVA or the U.S. Government. Further funding was through the NIH T32 Surgical Oncology Research Training Program (grant T32 CA090217-17). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The authors report no conflicts of interest.