A small but growing group of young teens struggling with severe obesity are turning to surgery and new weight loss drugs. Despite sharp controversy over the treatments, many medical experts say research is clear: Diet and exercise alone aren't enough.
Teens with severe obesity are turning to surgery and new weight loss drugs in the United States. Children and their parents say the aggressive measures are necessary after years of struggling unsuccessfully to lose weight. Teens with severe obesity are turning to surgery and new weight loss drugs in the United States. Children and their parents say the aggressive measures are necessary after years of struggling unsuccessfully to lose weight.
John and Edward are among a small but growing group of young teens turning to treatments like body-altering surgery and new drugs that rewire metabolism to lose large amounts of weight. Critics urge caution at intervening so early, but the kids and their parents say the aggressive — and often costly — measures are necessary options after years of ineffective diet and exercise programs.
“Especially for children, diet and exercise must remain at the forefront of obesity prevention and treatment,” he wroteBut medical experts who treat kids with severe obesity say research is clear: Diet and exercise alone aren’t enough. More than 240 diseases are associated with excess weight — including liver problems, diabetes and inflammation — and the signs show up early, said Dr. Janey Pratt, a Stanford University surgeon who performed surgery on John Simon.
He tried diets and exercise, losing up to 40 pounds. But intense food cravings meant the weight always came back — plus more. By the time John met Dr. Callum Rowe, a pediatrics resident in a public health clinic at Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, John had a body mass index of 75. It was way off of the charts that measure body-mass index, or BMI, which is regarded as a flawed tool but widely used by doctors to screen for obesity.
John’s surgery was covered by Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, which paid for 47 operations for kids ages 11 to 17 last year, according to state health records. Across the U.S., Medicaid coverage of weight-loss surgery for kids varies significantly by state.
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