Highlights from BOMSS 2019
BOMSS 2019 Update The British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS) held its 2019 10 th annual conference on 24 th and 25 th January. This event brought together dieticians, nurses, researchers, psychologists, physicians, GPs, surgeons and patients to discuss obesity and its most effective treatment i.e. bariatric surgery. There were excellent updates about the status of bariatric surgery in the UK, bariatric research and the health of our society-BOMSS. Some interesting debates and discussions were held including sessions about bariatric anaesthesia, choice of bariatric operations and importance of research for bariatric surgery. In addition, excellent research was presented as oral or poster presentations. To move some of the discussions further and disseminate some highlights from the conference, #obsmuk is holding a tweet chat on Wednesday 30 th January at 8pm GMT. We aim to discuss the following topics. 1. BOMSS set an objective of increas