MORBID OBESITY IN ADOLESCENTS. CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT AND SURGICAL APPROACHES

- Covers the entire range of adolescent obesity management from diagnosis to long-term treatment
- Establishes guidelines and standards for the use of bariatric procedures
- With contributions by international experts

As the worldwide prevalence of morbid obesity among adolescents continues to rise, recent years have seen a large increase in the performance of adolescent bariatric surgery. While surgical intervention often becomes necessary when conservative weight-loss therapies have failed, no standards regarding the post-operative regimen and long-term management of adolescent patients have been established. Thus, the treatment of obesity and its co-morbidities requires a multidisciplinary approach, taking into account epidemiological, clinical, nutritional, and genetic aspects of morbid obesity in the pediatric age group.
This volume discusses both conventional therapy and surgical options for morbid obesity in the pediatric age group. In the first part, obesity-related diseases, genetics, and psychological factors are analyzed. The second part focuses on current bariatric surgery procedures, including dietary restrictions and guidelines to prevent nutritional deficiencies common after surgery. Therefore, the book will prove an invaluable resource for pediatricians, surgeons, nutritionists, dieticians, and all other health professionals who treat adolescent obesity.
Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Adolescent bariatric surgery - Adolescent obesity - Bariatric surgery - Morbid obesity - Nutrition
Related subjects » Internal Medicine - Pediatrics - Surgery

Table of contents (18 chapters)
1.Paediatric Body Composition Measurement Techniques in Morbidly Obese Patients
2.Insulin Resistance in the Morbidly Obese Adolescent
3.Inflammation as a Trigger for Insulin Resistance and Cardiometabolic Disease
4.Inpatient Lifestyle Interventions to Treat Childhood Obesity
5.Conservative Treatment for Morbidly Obese Adolescents: The German Experience
6.Comorbidities: Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver in Childhood Obesity
7.Measurement of Atherosclerosis in Morbidly Obese Adolescents
8.Arthritis and Joint Problems in Morbidly Obese Adolescents
9.Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents: Practical Guidelines from a Pediatrician’s Point of View
10.Vitamin Deficiencies After Bariatric Surgery?
11.Laparoscopic Gastric Banding
12.Metabolic Surgery in Adolescents
13.Situation in Sweden
14.Experiences from Adolescents at the Viennese Center for Bariatric Surgery
15.Is There an Indication for BPD-DS/BPD? What the Potential Advantages/Disadvantages to RYNGB?
16.Psychological, Nutritional and Sports-Scientific Aspects of Obesity in Adolescence
17.Current Guidelines of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents
18.Cardiovascular Risk in Childhood Obesity