Bariatric surgery among adolescents leads to durable reductions in body weight along with dramatic reductions in rates of diabetes, hypertension, and depression, according to new research. ms.spr.ly/6019jAAix

Long-Term Outcomes after Adolescent Bariatric Surgery : Journal of the American College of Surgeons journals.lww.com/journalacs/ful…

Crucially, overweight and obesity at a younger age will increase the risk of fatty kidney and #CKD at an older age. Central obesity reduction improves kidney function EASO #COMs webinar

Congratulations to Ricardo Cohen and team! Great study looking at metabolic surgery’s effects on diabetic chronic kidney disease. 5yr RCT. way to go!

Treating chronic diseases without tackling excess #adiposity promotes #multimorbidity thelancet.com/journals/landi… #obesity #NCDs

AAP comes out with comprehensive guidelines to treat childhood obesity. They have been getting bashed by the same people who blame patients with obesity for their disease. The ignorance will never end.

Study showing decrease risk of esophageal and gastric cancer after bariatric surgery. The health benefit evidence just keeps increasing.

I completely agree. If you are a doctor or nutritionist and haven’t read the guidelines and looked at the evidence; do that first. I’ve been outraged at all of the ignorant comments.

In terms of weight loss, short-term results are easy. Long-term results are important.

SPLENDID 10-yr study comparing 5,053 #MetabolicSurgery pts vs 25,265 Non-surgical cohort… 32% decrease risk of developing obesity-associated cancer over a 10-year period following metabolic surgery (no difference in SG (2.9%) vs RYGB (2.9%)!!! Great study Ali Aminian ASMBS

It is a shame. Actually the new drugs and metabolic surgery carry physiological changes that help treating persons with obesity. Poor journalism increases obesity stigmatization.

Whoever said “there is no such thing as a bad piece of pizza” has obviously never had a 7-11 pizza. Please don’t question my decision making skills. Long story.

It’s impossible to ignore the obesity epidemic. The generation to follow is looking worse off than the last one. No matter your opinion about obesity, common sense dictates that something needs to be done.

Here is a mention of our latest article showing increased utilization of Bariatric surgery in adolescents since American Academy of Pediatrics statement in 2019.

Our study from last year, still current and important. Adolescents should be offered this lifesaving option.

I am proud to announce that I am now board-certified in obesity medicine. I take my charge of helping people suffering from obesity extremely seriously. I want to be able to offer them every option available so that each person can find their best outcomes. #DABOM #ObesityMed

Very eloquent explanation of what is happening in obesity

New research shows that weight loss surgery reduces chronic kidney disease progression by 60% and kidney failure or death by 44%, outperforming GLP-1RAs in those with Type 2 diabetes and obesity: cle.clinic/4ewooDq

Bariatric surgery for #MASH #MASLD at #AASLDETC #LiverTwitter

Excited to speak with Ali Aminian at Innovations in Surgery this Friday morning!