@article{ETD, school = {M.S.}, author = {Banks, Josie}, url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7725}, title = {Relationships between leptin levels, body composition, and glucometabolic parameters as a function of sex and bariatric surgery procedure type}, publisher = {Marylhurst University: Oregon Health and Science University}, abstract = {With obesity rates steadily increasing over time, a thorough understanding of the causes and factors that perpetuate this condition is essential to finding effective treatment options. The difficulties people experience with inducing and maintaining weight loss belie the complex nature of the homeostatic mechanisms governing body weight and the need for treatment modalities that extend beyond lifestyle modification, pharmacologic treatment, and bariatric surgery.}, number = {ETD}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/bagx-jp79}, recid = {7725}, address = {2019}, }