TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents A1 - Holterman, Mark A1 - Browne, Allen A1 - Holterman, Ai-Xuan A2 - Ziegler, Moritz M. A2 - Azizkhan, Richard G. A2 - Allmen, Daniel von A2 - Weber, Thomas R. PY - 2014 T2 - Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2e AB - The etiology of obesity is multifactorial.Obesity is a chronic disease with short-term and long-term medical and psychosocial morbidity.Morbid obesity may lead to shortened life expectancy.No child chooses to be obese.The obese child and adolescent are not the same as the obese adult.Medical weight loss programs are not effective.Bariatric surgery in adolescents is safe and effective.Low-risk surgical options are available and effective for the majority of obese adolescents.Weight management surgery is best practiced in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.Individual bariatric procedures can be chosen for the individual obese adolescent.Collaborative studies are needed to advance bariatric surgery for adolescents. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100434316 ER -