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 …

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 …

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

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 …

Background: Severe obesity among adolescent shows a worrisome trend in regard to its
increasing prevalence and poses a great challenge for treatment. Conservative measures …

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 …

The rise of childhood obesity is a growing concern due to its negative impact on health.
Metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) has gained popularity as an effective and adequate …

Background Obesity is a chronic disease which frequently begins in childhood and requires
a life-long multidisciplinary approach. Metabolic-bariatric surgery (MBS) is a key component …

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 …

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 …