Anti-Obesity Medications: Their Current and Future Role in Bariatric Surgery

Overweight and obesity have steadily increased in prevalence over the past several decades worldwide. It is well established within the literature that obesity and its resultant metabolic syndrome are associated with a range of comorbidities including, but not limited, to cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, a variety of cancers and an increased inflammatory state. Obesity in the United States has reached a prevalence of