ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2016
Family factors that characterize adolescents with severe obesity and their role in weight loss surgery outcomes.
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- Adult weight management patients' perceptions of family dynamics and weight status.Clinical obesity · 2019Article
- Sexual behaviors, risks, and sexual health outcomes for adolescent females following bariatric surgery.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2019Article
- Predictors of Preoperative Program Non-Completion in Adolescents Referred for Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2018Article
- Family Functioning and Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Family Systems Theory-Informed Approach.Academic pediatrics · 2018Review
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- ASMBS pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery guidelines, 2018.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo comprehensively assess family characteristics of adolescents with severe obesity and whether family factors impact weight loss outcomes following weight loss surgery (WLS).
methodsMultisite prospective data from 138 adolescents undergoing WLS and primary caregivers (adolescent: M
resultsThe majority (77.3%) of caregivers had obesity, with rates of caregiver WLS significantly higher in the WLS (23.8%) versus NSComp group (3.7%, P < 0.001). Family dysfunction was prevalent (≈1 in every two to three families), with rates higher for NSComp than the WLS group. For the WLS group, preoperative family factors (i.e., caregiver BMI or WLS history, dysfunction, social support) were not significant predictors of adolescent weight loss at 1 and 2 years postoperatively, although change in family functioning over time emerged as a significant correlate of percent weight loss.
conclusionsRates of severe obesity in caregivers as well as family dysfunction were clinically noteworthy, although not related to adolescent weight loss success following WLS. However, change in family communication and emotional climate over time emerged as potential targets to optimize weight loss outcomes.
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