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Research reviews effectiveness of bariatric surgery for adolescents

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American researchers have assessed the benefits of bariatric surgery for obese adolescents and found it may represent an effective treatment under the right circumstances. A team from Rutgers University looked into the justifiability of the procedure for teenagers as pediatricians have been cautious about recommending the surgery in the young. The reviews gathered evidence that can help healthcare professionals make an informed choice. The review states that surgery represents a viable option for adolescents who are obese and have additional long-term health conditions such as type 2 diabetes. Dr Ahmed Khattab, who took part in the study, said: "If we look at obesity as a disease with the real possibility of eventual organ system failure and special health concerns for adolescents, we need to ask whether health care practitioners are doing enough to manage it. The objective evidence shows that, under the right circumstances and with the right patients, bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for adolescents with obesity." The review, published in The Journal of Pediatrics, investigated the available evidence on bariatric surgery in adolescents as well as adults. Bariatric surgery has been considered effective for obese adults, with reports of improved health outcomes including remission of type 2 diabetes, but only with long-term, healthy lifestyles following the operation. Studies involving bariatric surgery in adolescents were limited, but the evidence reveals success including type 2 diabetes remission as well as eliminating abnormal kidney function. The referred to guidance from the Endocrine Society which suggests people should only be considered for the operation if they are extremely overweight, have complications from obesity, and have followed a lifestyle intervention programme. They must also be near to the end of puberty and close to the height they will reach as an adult.

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This is just so very sad.
 
Certainly cheaper than encouraging youngsters to eat real food from an early age. Oh hang on that’s not right is it? By cheaper, I mean money flowing in the other direction.
 
It doesn't even touch the root cause of the obesity, and lets face it there are multiple possible elements and contributory factors.
 
And let me guess the major backers for this in the US are bariatric surgeons?
 
Brunneria said:
It doesn't even touch the root cause of the obesity, and lets face it there are multiple possible elements and contributory factors.
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Unfortunately, root causes seem secondary to lucrative treatments and the strategies that fuel the need for them.
 
so sad. I wonder, was the report written or supported in some way by bariatric surgeons?
 
I joined Twitter just over a week ago. Started Following my favourite boffins. My first three Followers were those offering Bariatric Surgery. Being British I am unfamiliar with medicos advertising their services, it was an eyeopener.
 
So very sad to have such life altering surgery so young. I was offered bariatric surgery at my GP appt when I was told my type 2 diagnosis. I’m no longer adolescent (far from it ) but there was no way I would undergo an anaesthetic and major surgery when there are other more simple ways to lose the weight. In just 10 weeks of low carbing I got to below the qualifying BMI for the surgery
 
I have only lost a total of 2 stones low carbing, with many more needed to lose. And I have never been offered bariatric surgery. I have maintained my weight loss for several years, but not lost any more.

Some of us, including @ickihun, cant lose the weight, no matter what we do. I am still against bariatric surgery for the youngsters though.
 

Sorry that was thoughtless of me, I should have written that I found low carbing an easier way to lose weight, it has been very effective for me and it makes me sad that it doesn’t work for everyone.
 
It's not confined to simply loss of weight through potential surgery. It's a LOT more than that. For these "kids", it's self esteem, mentoring and challenging themselves, not have nursemaids. That's a goal that needs to be drilled into them before a scalpel !!!
 
For me the unability to eat small and jog my diabetes into a better state of affair has broken my heart.
For any youngster to need surgery due to not being encouraged to be fit and healthy by anyone in their lives is also heartbreaking, but only half of the job. Mentoring has diminished.
Yes it's coming to our streets/homes in the UK too.
 
Agreed @ickihun Indolence in this computer / gaming age hardly helps, nor does emulation of their five second attention to their sporting heroes only to sit on the couch and not get moving. Partially simplistic I know (I was not overweight nor did I do anything other than sport) but exercise classes in school should be mandatory. Human growth is everything, not education in indoctrination and excuses.
 
While I do agree our eating habits of have to be assessed, I firmly believe the pollution of our environment plays a part.
Just like as adults not all of us eat our way to Diabetes there are other factors that lead to obesity in young people.
 
Hotpepper20000 said:
While I do agree our eating habits of have to be assessed, I firmly believe the pollution of our environment plays a part.
Just like as adults not all of us eat our way to Diabetes there are other factors that lead to obesity in young people.
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Genetics are a huge factor but controlling its effects on humans is definitely in our control if we are educated in that field.
And we should all be in this day and age, where it is accumulating. Or diagnosis is far better.
Stopping it developing I'm useless at guessing how that can come about but managing it. I've had a lifetime of it.
 
Guzzler said:
I joined Twitter just over a week ago. Started Following my favourite boffins. My first three Followers were those offering Bariatric Surgery. Being British I am unfamiliar with medicos advertising their services, it was an eyeopener.
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Wow!
 
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