A new study has added valuable outcome data from adolescents 5 years after undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. By comparing outcomes from adolescents and adults, the study adds to the existing evidence base, highlighting metabolic and bariatric surgery as an increasingly valuable tool in the multidisciplinary management of adolescents with severe obesity.
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T.O. serves as consultant for Ethicon Endo surgery as participant in global advisory board and in lecturing, is a member of an advisory board for NovoNordisk and has also lectured for AstraZeneca, Merck, Mölnlycke and SanofiAventis; all revenue to institution. A.J.B. declares no competing interests.
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Beamish, A.J., Olbers, T. Metabolic and bariatric surgery in adolescents. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 16, 585–587 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-019-0187-x
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