Abstract Purpose of Review The prevalence of obesity is increasing in all age groups.
Following its success in adults, and with limited success using conservative therapies …

Introduction: Rates of severe obesity in adolescents have increased at an alarming rate.
Unfortunately, there are limited successful treatments for severe obesity in adolescents …

Severe obesity in adolescence negatively impacts upon health and wellbeing. Lifestyle
modifications do not usually achieve a sufficient degree or durability of weight loss to …

Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to discuss the current state of
surgical intervention for obesity in children and adolescents. Specifically, this review will …

Conventional nonsurgical management of severe obesity in the pediatric population and
adolescents has focused on a multidisciplinary approach involving diet, exercise, behavioral …

Extreme obesity is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a body
mass index (BMI) higher than 120% of the 95th percentile for age. Four to six percent of …

Severe obesity in adolescence profoundly impacts health and social well-being. Lifestyle
modifications are seldom successful in maintaining sufficient weight loss to mitigate the risk …

Despite worldwide public attention and intense medical efforts, the prevalence of severe
morbid obesity in children and adolescents is still rising. Similar to adults, excess adipose …

Severe obesity among youth is an “epidemic within an epidemic” and portends a shortened
life expectancy for today's children compared with those of their parents' generation. Severe …

Background Increasing numbers of severely obese young people undergo bariatric surgery
in the USA with reports of substantial weight loss after 1 year. National Institute for Clinical …