September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month!
Obesity in children continues to be a major health problem, but there has been progress. In the last decade surgery for severe obesity in children has become accepted as a standard of care. The American Academy of Pediatrics has revised its guidelines from surgery being “considered” in 2012 to “accepted treatment” in 2019. ASMBS has endorsed these evidence-based best practices. 1
Who will provide metabolic and bariatric surgical care for children? Lewit…