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 …

Additional preoperative programmes may be beneficial for candidates who seek bariatric
surgery, but there is no consensus on the optimal preparation. This systematic review aimed …

Purpose Previous studies showed that patients with lower weight loss after bariatric surgery
could be identified based on early postoperative weight loss. However, these studies had …

Abstract Background This Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Clinical Practice Statement
(CPS) details special considerations for the management of the adolescent with obesity. The …

Background Up to 50% of adolescents who undergo metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS)
have obesity 3 years post‐MBS, placing them at continued risk for the consequences of …

Background Bariatric surgery before pregnancy can result in improved maternal fertility.
However, long‐term data on the consequences at childhood age are currently lacking …

Objectives This study assessed the efficacy and safety of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
(LSG) in Chinese individuals with a body mass index (BMI) under 35 kg/m 2 and to explore …

Background Our group has previously demonstrated that low socioeconomic status (SES)
independently predicts≤ 25th percentile weight-loss following bariatric surgery (BS). Given …

Background Previous non-randomized studies show similar outcomes in adolescents and
adults after bariatric surgery. We describe the study protocol, recruitment, and selected …

Background Weight loss failure after bariatric surgery imposes great stress on patients and
surgeons and great costs on healthcare systems. The literature review shows that weight …