Category |
Surgery |
Manuscript Type |
Autobiography |
Article Title |
Effect of ethnicity on weight loss among adolescents 1 year after bariatric surgery
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Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
All Author List |
Sarah E Messiah, Gabriela Lopez-Mitnik, Deborah Winegar, Bintu Sherif, Kristopher L Arheart, Kirk W Reichard, Marc P Michalsky, Steven E Lipshultz, Tracie L Miller, Alan S Livingstone and Nestor de la Cruz-Muñoz |
Funding Agency and Grant Number |
Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
National Institutes of Health |
K01 DA 026993 (to Messiah SE) |
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Corresponding Author |
Sarah E Messiah, PhD, MPH, Division of Pediatric Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, Batchelor Children’s Research Institute, Room 541, 580 NW 10th Avenue (D820), Miami, FL 33101, United states. smessiah@med.miami.edu |
Key Words |
Bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass surgery; Adjustable gastric band surgery; Adolescents; Severe obesity; Ethnicity; Weight loss |
Core Tip |
Bariatric surgery is one of the few effective treatments for severe obesity. Among adults, outcomes of bariatric surgery differ by ethnicity. We tested whether this relationship is also true among adolescents. Outcome measures included changes in anthropometric measurements (weight and body mass index) from baseline (n = 827) to 1 year after surgery. Our results support the conclusion that bariatric surgery can substantially reduce weight in severely obese adolescents for at least 1 year, irrespective of their race or ethnicity. Ethnicity is a reasonable and safe treatment for all severely obese adolescents with the appropriate indications. |
Publish Date |
2013-10-16 11:30 |
Citation |
Messiah SE, Lopez-Mitnik G, Winegar D, Sherif B, Arheart KL, Reichard KW, Michalsky MP, Lipshultz SE, Miller TL, Livingstone AS, de la Cruz-Mu?oz N. Effect of ethnicity on weight loss among adolescents 1 year after bariatric surgery. World J Diabetes 2013; 4(5): 202-209 |
URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9358/full/v4/i5/202.htm |
DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.4239/wjd.v4.i5.202 |