Journal Watch 19/07/2023
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...
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Sleeve gastrectomy reduced vertebral bone strength and density of adolescents
Sleeve gastrectomy has been found to have harmful effects on bones of adolescents and young adults by reduced vertebral bone strength and...
More adolescents in the US are undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery
More adolescents in the US are undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), according to researchers from University of Texas Health...
Journal Watch 26/04/2023
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...
Sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents decreased strength and volumetric BMD of the lumbar spine
Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) decreases strength and bone mineral density of the lumbar spine in adolescents, according to the outcomes from a...
Newspaper reporting of adolescent bariatric surgery increases obesity stigma
Investigators from Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, have concluded that way newspapers report on adolescent bariatric surgery may...
Alcohol use disorder after bariatric surgery in adolescences
Bariatric patients who underwent metabolic and bariatric surgery as teenagers are at heightened risk for alcohol use, according to the...
Journal Watch 23/12/2022
Welcome to our weekly round-up of the latest bariatric and obesity-related papers published in the medical literature. As ever, we have...
LSG and RYGB outcomes in adolescents
Complication and death rates were similar for both gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, according to a study by researchers from...
Adolescent bariatric patients maintain weight loss and resolution of comorbidities post-surgery
Adolescents suffering with severe obesity who underwent bariatric surgery before the age of 22 had significant and lasting reductions in...
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