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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2021

11. Obesity and Weight Regulation

New treatment result: should bariatric surgery be done earlier in life?

ey0018.11-8 | New treatment result: should bariatric surgery be done earlier in life? | ESPEYB18

11.8. Outcomes of bariatric surgery in older versus younger adolescents

SB Ogle , LC Dewberry , TM Jenkins , TH Inge , M Kelsey , M Bruzoni , JSA Pratt

Pediatrics 2021 Mar;147(3):e2020024182. 10.1542/peds.2020-024182 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33526606/This sub-analysis of Teen-LABS study shows very similar improvements over 5 years after bariatric surgery between younger and older adolescents with severe obesity in %BMI change (−22.2% vs. −24.6%, respectively), resolution...