Teen Transformation: Is Weight Loss Surgery the Key to a Healthier Young Adulthood
After 10 years, type 2 diabetes remission rate 55%, high blood pressure 57%↓, cholesterol 54%↓
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The body mass index (BMI) of adolescents who underwent weight loss surgery decreased by an average of 20%. Heart health indicators also improved, with high blood pressure decreasing by an average of 57% and cholesterol levels decreasing by 54%.[사진=게티이미지뱅크]
A new study suggests that the health benefits of having weight loss surgery as a teen are even greater. This is what the health and medicine webzine ‘Health Day’ reported on the 1st (local time) based on a paper by American researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Researchers led by Dr. Justin Ryder, a surgeon at Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital in the U.S., observed 260 people who underwent weight loss surgery as adolescents for more than 10 years and reported that substantial and sustained weight loss was maintained in more than half of them. . They also showed fewer obesity-related health problems, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol, in adulthood.
Researchers reported that even after 10 years, the body mass index (BMI) of adolescents who underwent weight loss surgery decreased by an average of 20%. Heart health indicators also improved, with high blood pressure decreasing by an average of 57% and cholesterol levels decreasing by 54%.
“Our study presents impressive results from the longest follow-up for adolescent weight loss surgery, demonstrating that bariatric surgery is a safe and effective long-term obesity management strategy,” said Dr. Ryder. The researchers reported that there was no significant difference in the effectiveness of ‘gastric bypass’ and ‘sleeve gastrectomy’, which are the most common weight loss surgeries.
Most impressively, approximately 55% of adolescents with type 2 diabetes were still in remission (symptoms disappeared or alleviated). This compares to a 12% to 18% remission rate for type 2 diabetes in adults who underwent weight loss surgery, according to recent clinical trials. Dr. Ryder pointed out, “The results were much better than those reported in people who underwent weight loss surgery as adults, showing the importance of treating obesity in adolescents.”
Type 2 diabetes tends to progress more rapidly in younger people, so it makes sense that weight loss surgery would provide more benefits to adolescents than adults, the researchers explained. “What’s interesting is that when these surgeries are performed on teenagers, health conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure are more likely to persist for longer than when these surgeries are performed on teenagers,” said study leader Dr. Thomas Inge of Lurie Children’s Hospital.
Based on these results, the researchers pointed out that the benefits of weight loss surgery are not being properly achieved for teenagers. In the United States, only 5 million adolescents are estimated to be candidates for weight loss surgery, but only 1 in 2,500 adolescents with severe obesity undergoes surgery, researchers found.
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