Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in Adolescents: a Path to Decrease Adult Cardiovascular Mortality

• Obesity is a major health problem across all age groups and has escalated to pandemic proportions. The proportion of children with overweight or obesity has risen rapidly over recent decades, and it is recognized that most obese children become obese adults. Furthermore, BMI is the strongest CV risk factor to track from childhood into adulthood. As well as BMI, multiple CV risk factors begin in childhood and strong associations between these factors and BMI are evident. Clear evidence exists for the CV benefits of reversing obesity in adults, much of which examines the effects of bariatric surgery. The capacity of bariatric surgery to reliably achieve safe and lasting improvement in BMI is unparalleled, and the emerging evidence base in adolescent bariatric surgery has so far concurred. In the absence of effective alternatives, it appears that the increase in use of bariatric surgery in adolescents will continue.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Pediatrik (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Pediatrics (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Adolescent

Bariatric

Cardiovascular

Ischemic heart disease

Metabolic surgery

Mortality

Obesity

INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS

BODY-MASS INDEX

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN

CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE

CAROTID PLAQUE AREA

Y GASTRIC BYPASS

RISK-FACTORS

HEART-FAILURE

FOLLOW-UP

DIABETES-MELLITUS

Peripheral Vascular Disease

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