Weight Loss Surgery in Teens?

Childhood and adolescent obesity is getting a lot of media attention lately and rightfully so.  The incidence of teenage obesity has increased dramatically over the last couple of decades.  While weight loss surgery has become a viable and important alternative for many adults, the use of weight loss surgery in teens remains a controversial subject.  This is apparently because not as much is known about weight loss surgery in teens and no studies looking at long term effects of weight loss surgery on the growh and development of children have been completed.  Fortunately, a major study on adolescent weight loss surgery, Teen-LABS, is currently in progress.

CNN recently reported on one teen's choice to undergo weight loss surgery.  You can watch her story in the video below.



While weight loss surgery might one day become more common after long-term studies have hopefully confirmed the safety of these procedures, it is still important to make weight management with diet and exercise a priority.  My easy diet plan (www.drtabor.com) can be tailored for weight loss or weight maintenance and is a simple way to manage one's weight.