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Predictors of Attrition Before and After Bariatric Surgery

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We would like to thank all the research assistants who helped with retrospective data collection for this study.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, 6116 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1300, Dallas, TX, 75206, USA

    Margarita Sala

  2. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Deborah L. Haller

  3. New York Obesity Research Center, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

    Blandine Laferrère

  4. Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Peter Homel

  5. Division of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai, St. Luke’s Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    James J. McGinty

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This research was funded by an award from The Associate Trustees of St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals to Blandine Laferrère. Margarita Sala is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. DGE-1356109. Any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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For this type of study, formal consent is not required. A waiver of consent was obtained by the St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital IRB prior to initiating the study.

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Sala, M., Haller, D.L., Laferrère, B. et al. Predictors of Attrition Before and After Bariatric Surgery. OBES SURG 27, 548–551 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2510-8

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