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March 11, 2015
by Dr. C. Wayne Winkle,Phd

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New Research: Safety of Adolescent Bariatric Surgery

March 11, 2015 07:55 by Dr. C. Wayne Winkle,Phd  [About the Author]

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With the number of adolescents and even younger children developing obesity rising over the past years, the question of the best way to address it has been examined recently. The “Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery” study concluded this year and results have been published (Micalsky, et al., 2015). This study focused on cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents who were severely obese, along with safety and health effects of weight-loss surgery procedures for that population. [More]