For #adolescents with severe #obesity, metabolic & bariatric surgery is effective and well tolerated, resulting in substantial weight loss and improvements in several aspects of metabolic health and physical quality of life over 2 years New RCT: bit.ly/3Ja6Xv5

The #obesity field has long been evaluating isolated interventions and faces challenges from the so-called us versus them mentality. Comment by Evan Nadler Children's National Hospital 🏥 on moving out of silos for obesity research and treatment: bit.ly/3IQw5Wo #ChildhoodObesity

-With the new evidence from the AMOS 2 study, the level of evidence can now be upgraded to A. Yes, I got tears in my eyes reading this comment on our RCT on bariatric surgery in adolescents. Kajsa Järvholm The Lancet

Ny studie: fetmakirurgi fungerar bra även i tidig tonår dlvr.it/SlH85v

Barns tillväxt handlar om mer än övervikt och obesitas. Tillväxtdata ger oss en bild av hälsa och jämlikhet. ”Vi måste börja föra bok över skolbarnens vikt” dn.se/debatt/vi-mast… Kajsa Järvholm Paulina Nowicka stefan swartling peterson DN Debatt Dagens Medicin

Ny studie slår hål på myten att psykisk hälsa förbättras av viktoperation. svt.se/nyheter/inrike…

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Mental health from 5 years before to 10 years after bariatric surgery in adolescents with severe obesity: a Swedish nationwide cohort study with matched population controls - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health thelancet.com/journals/lanch…

‘My goal was to become normal’—A qualitative investigation of coping with stigma, body image and self‐esteem long‐term after bariatric surgery - Jiretorn - Clinical Obesity - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

Can weight-loss camps be successful for children with overweight and obesity? Yes. Improvements in quality of life and eating-related problems were sustained after 1 year. Long-term changes in eating-related problems and quality of life in ch... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

1st RCT cognitive functioning after MBS Cognitive functioning in adolescents with severe obesity undergoing bariatric surgery or intensive non-surgical treatment in Sweden (AMOS2): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial - eClinicalMedicine thelancet.com/journals/eclin…

Many countries are developing treatment guidelines for obesity. In this paper we describe how we did it in Sweden. Systematic Development of National Guidelines for Obesity Care: The Swedish Approach karger.com/ofa/article/17…

New study out on the association between obesity and neurodevelopmental disorder. Many children refered to obesity treatment have an undiagnosed ADHD. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ap…

Learning and sharing with EASO colleagues during Clinical Practice Guidelines Workshop #ECO2024

Talking about obesity is a balancing act for parents: rdcu.be/dLXNo

Obesity treatment in adolescents and adults in the era of personalized medicine. How do clinicians reason when they think about different treatment options for people living with obesity? Proud co-author onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…

frontiersin.org/journals/psych… Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) are common in children in obesity treatment. Our new study show that children with obesity and NDD often have other concurrent mental health problems. Important to consider in treatment settings.

Besserwisser: Hur hänger övervikt och psykisk ohälsa ihop? - Besserwisser - UR sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/besser…

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