The Next Generation: Bariatric Surgery Becoming an Option for .... Debbie Talanian.
by Talanian, Debbie; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 21Family. Publisher: Orange County Register, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Body mass index | Health risk assessment | Medical ethics | Mortality -- Statistics | Obesity in adolescence | Obesity -- Surgery | Overweight children | Stomach -- Surgery | Surgery -- Complications | Weight lossDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Bariatric surgeries--long popular with morbidly obese adults--are on the rise with youths nationwide. The numbers are expected to increase, and that has physicians across the country readying themselves--cautiously--for the trend....Some doctors fear the surgeries are being performed too liberally, on patients who don't have enough health risks to justify the procedure. Others say the challenge is to determine if the risks of adolescent obesity outweigh the risks of surgery." (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) Expert opinions on the benefits and risks of bariatric surgery for young people are included.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Next Generation: Bariatric Surgery Becoming an Option for ..., Feb. 21, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Bariatric surgeries--long popular with morbidly obese adults--are on the rise with youths nationwide. The numbers are expected to increase, and that has physicians across the country readying themselves--cautiously--for the trend....Some doctors fear the surgeries are being performed too liberally, on patients who don't have enough health risks to justify the procedure. Others say the challenge is to determine if the risks of adolescent obesity outweigh the risks of surgery." (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) Expert opinions on the benefits and risks of bariatric surgery for young people are included.
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