Finally, it is conceivable that bariatric surgery performed in adulthood for childhood onset extreme obesity may not be as effective for comorbidity treatment as surgery performed earlier during adolescence. The purpose of this review is to examine the evidence, which supports early rather than later ...
Approximately 9 million children suffer from obesity, and strategies to curb the childhood obesity epidemic have not provided significant results. There are few weight-loss medications that are FDA-approved for patients under the age of 18, and surgery, while repeatedly shown to be safe and effecti...
Bariatric surgery—as a last resort when conservative interventions have failed—can improve liver disease and other obesity-related health problems in severely obese children and adolescents, according to a position paper in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, official journal of the...
Obesity in children: bariatric surgery 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 23 作者:D Canoy,TYO Yang 摘要: INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of childhood obesity in the UK and in many countries worldwide remains high. Behavioural interventions to modify lifestyle, such as diet and physical activity,...
Bariatric surgery remains the most effective treatment for morbid obesity and is indicated for adult patients with a BMI > 40 kg/m2 or a BMI of >35 kg/m2 and significant obesity- related comorbidities (Pories et al., 1995). More conservative indi- cations have generally been advocated for ...
Bariatric surgery for adults and adolescents is seen as a positive option for the on-going obesity epidemic in the United States. The factors beyond the operating room including social and psychological support are critical in bariatric patients, but the necessity of such support is exponential for...
Bariatric surgery: a cost-effective intervention for morbid obesity; functional and nutritional outcomes Obesity has been described as the health crisis of the 21st century. It is a chronic lifelong medical condition, whose pattern often starts in childhood, a... R Welbourn,D Pournaras - 《Proc...
Obesity is a chronic disease which frequently begins in childhood and requires a life-long multidisciplinary approach. Metabolic-bariatric surgery (MBS) is a key component of the treatment of severe obesity in children, adolescents and adults. Children and adolescents who have class II obesity and ...
BARIATRIC SURGERYETHICSOBESITYAdolescent obesity and obesity-related conditions have risen at alarming rates in the United States, positioning childhood obesity as a major public health issue. The consequences of adolescent obesity are far-reaching and often include medical, psychosocial, emotional, and ...
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