{"id":846,"date":"2019-11-03T12:27:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T17:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/?p=846"},"modified":"2019-12-24T07:09:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T12:09:32","slug":"more-kids-who-are-severely-obese-should-have-weight-loss-surgery-pediatricians-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/?p=846","title":{"rendered":"More Kids Who are Severely Obese Should Have Weight-loss Surgery, Pediatricians Say"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tEven some preteens who are severely obese should be considered \ncandidates for weight-loss surgery, according to new recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics.<\/strong><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\nRecent data show that pediatric obesity surgery rates have tripled in almost 20 years, but they still average fewer than 2,000 operations each year. \n

\nThe academy\u2019s recommendations say children and teens could be eligible for surgery if their body mass index is 40 or higher, or if they have related major health problems and their BMI is at least 35. (A BMI of 30 or above is considered obese.) These criteria may vary by gender and age, Armstrong said.

\n\n\nThe pediatricians\u2019 guidelines are similar to criteria for surgeons from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

\n\n\nFaith Newsome was a typical patient. At 5 feet, 8 inches and 273 pounds, her BMI was almost 42 and she had high blood pressure and prediabetes when she had gastric bypass surgery at Duke at age 16.

\n\n\nAfter about a year, she had shed 100 pounds and those health problems disappeared. She slimmed down enough to become active in sports, shop for prom dresses and gain a better self-image. But to avoid malnutrition she takes vitamins, must eat small meals and gets sick if she eats foods high in fat or sugar. Her BMI, at just under 30, puts her in the overweight range.

\n\n\nNow 21 and a senior at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Newsome is quick to answer whe\nther she has regrets.\n\n\u201cNever,\u201d she said. \u201cTeens should be able to discuss every option with their doctors, and surgery should be one of those options.\u201d


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More Kids Who are Severely Obese Should Have Weight-loss Surgery, Pediatricians Say Even some preteens who are severely obese should be considered candidates for weight-loss surgery, according to new recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Recent data show that pediatric obesity surgery rates have tripled in almost 20 years, but they still average fewer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987,"href":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claremontcoloniccenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}