To the Editor: I am writing in relation to the concerns raised by Dixon in his critique of the Clinical practice guidelines for the management of overweight and obesity from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).1
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- 1. Dixon JB. Guidelines fall short on bariatric surgery. Med J Aust 2014; 200: 70.
- 2. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of overweight and obesity in adults, adolescents and children in Australia. Canberra: NHMRC, 2013. http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/guidelines/publications/n57 (accessed Apr 2014).
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