A new look at weight loss surgery for children and adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas H. Inge
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Weight Loss Surgery ◽  
Prader Willi Syndrome ◽  
New Look

scholarly journals All in the Family: Child and Adolescent Weight Loss Surgery in the Context of Parental Weight Loss Surgery

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 990
Author(s):  
Eleanor R. Mackey ◽  
Megan M. York ◽  
Evan P. Nadler
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Emotional Eating ◽  
Weight Loss Surgery ◽  
Food Addiction ◽  
Post Surgery

Background: Bariatric surgery is the most effective current treatment option for patients with severe obesity. More children and adolescents are having surgery, many whose parents have also had surgery. The current study examines whether parental surgery status moderates the association between perceived social support, emotional eating, food addiction and weight loss following surgery, with those whose parents have had surgery evidencing a stronger relationship between the psychosocial factors and weight loss as compared to their peers. Methods: Participants were 228 children and adolescents undergoing sleeve gastrectomy between 2014 and 2019 at one institution. Children and adolescents completed self-report measures of perceived family social support, emotional eating, and food addiction at their pre-surgical psychological evaluation. Change in body mass index (BMI) from pre-surgery to 3, 6, and 12 months post-surgery was assessed at follow-up clinic visits. Parents reported their surgical status as having had surgery or not. Results: There were no differences in perceived family support, emotional eating, or food addiction symptoms between those whose parents had bariatric surgery and those whose parents did not. There were some moderating effects of parent surgery status on the relationship between social support, emotional eating/food addiction, and weight loss following surgery. Specifically, at 3 months post-surgery, higher change in BMI was associated with lower perceived family support only in those whose parents had not had surgery. More pre-surgical food addiction symptoms were associated with greater weight loss at 3 months for those whose parents had not had surgery, whereas this finding was true only for those whose parents had surgery at 12 months post-surgery. Conclusions: Children and adolescents whose parents have had bariatric surgery may have unique associations of psychosocial factors and weight loss. More research is needed to determine mechanisms of these relationships.

A systematic review of the evidence for interventions to increase levels of physical activity in patients following weight loss surgery

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer James ◽  
Victoria Sprung ◽  
Wendy Hardeman ◽  
Mark Goodall ◽  
Helen Eborall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Weight Loss Surgery

scholarly journals Uric acid is associated with adiposity factors, especially with fat mass reduction during weight loss in obese children and adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Niu ◽  
Xue-lin Zhao ◽  
Hui-juan Ruan ◽  
Xiao-meng Mao ◽  
Qing-ya Tang
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Uric Acid ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Fat Mass ◽  
Dietary Control ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Before And After

Abstract Background Current adult studies suggest that uric acid (UA) is associated with body fat, but the relationship in obese children is unclear. Thus, we aim to evaluate the association between uric acid and body composition of obese children. Methods A total of 79 obese children were included in this study, and 52 children (34 boys and 18 girls) underwent a 6-week weight loss camp, including 34 boys and 18 girls. Six-week weight-loss interventions were performed on all participants through aerobic exercise and appropriate dietary control. Laboratory tests and body composition were collected before and after the intervention. Results Before the intervention, correlation analysis demonstrated that uric acid was positively correlated with height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, hip circumference, fat mass (FM), and free fat mass (FFM) with adjusting for age and gender (P < 0.05). After 6 weeks of intervention, the participants gained 3.12 ± 0.85 cm in height, body fat percentage decreased by 7.23 ± 1.97%, and lost 10.30 ± 2.83 kg in weight. Univariate and multivariate analysis indicated that uric acid at baseline was associated with FM reduction during weight loss (P < 0.05). Conclusions This study is the first report that uric acid is associated with BMI and FM, and may play an important role in the reduction of FM during weight loss in obese children and adolescents. The interaction between UA and adiposity factors and its underlying mechanisms need to be further explored. Trial registration This study was registered in Clinical Trials.gov (NCT03490448) and approved by the Ethics Committee of Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.

Memory and Executive Function in Adolescent and Young Adult Females with Moderate to Severe Obesity Before and After Weight Loss Surgery

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charumathi Baskaran ◽  
Abisayo Animashaun ◽  
Frances Rickard ◽  
Alexander T. Toth ◽  
Kamryn T. Eddy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Executive Function ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Severe Obesity ◽  
Weight Loss Surgery ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Before And After

Should This Patient Have Weight Loss Surgery?

2017 ◽  
Vol 166 (11) ◽  
pp. 808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald W. Smetana ◽  
Daniel B. Jones ◽  
Christina C. Wee
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Weight Loss Surgery

Intrahepatic Fat, Not Obesity, Is a Main Driver of the Metabolic Syndrome in Obese Patients and Is Significantly Reduced by Weight Loss Surgery

2016 ◽  
Vol 223 (4) ◽  
pp. e1
Author(s):  
Jad Khoraki ◽  
Curtis N. Wiens ◽  
Alan B. McMillan ◽  
Nathan S. Artz ◽  
William Haufe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Weight Loss Surgery ◽  
Obese Patients ◽  
The Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Main Driver

scholarly journals The hamster wheel: a case study on embodied narrative identity and overcoming severe obesity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Natvik ◽  
Målfrid Råheim ◽  
Randi Sviland
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Weight Loss Surgery ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
The Body ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Severely Obese ◽  
Eating Practices ◽  
And Control

AbstractBased in narrative phenomenology, this article describes an example of how lived time, self and bodily engagement with the social world intertwine, and how our sense of self develops. We explore this through the life story of a woman who lost weight through surgery in the 1970 s and has fought against her own body, food and eating ever since. Our narrative analysis of interviews, reflective notes and email correspondence disentangled two storylines illuminating paradoxes within this long-term weight loss process. Thea’s Medical Weight Narrative: From Severely Obese Child to Healthy Adult is her story in context of medicine and obesity treatment and expresses success and control. Thea’s Story: The Narrative of Fighting Weight is the experiential story, including concrete examples and quotes, highlighting bodily struggles and the inescapable ambiguity of being and having one’s body. The two storylines coexist and illuminate paradoxes within the weight loss surgery narrative, connected to meaningful life events and experiences, eating practices and relationships with important others. Surgery was experienced as lifesaving, yet the surgical transformation did not suffice, because it did not influence appetite or, desire for food in the long run. In the medical narrative of transforming the body by repair, a problematic relationship with food did not fit into the plot.

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