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Weight-loss surgery for teens to be studied

...Those findings will be compared with data from a similar study on adults who have been obese since adolescence but are only now having the surgery.Participants must already have been scheduled for the surgery and must have compelling obesity-related complications such as Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, high blood pressure or other cardiovascular risk factors.Information also will be collected on psychological and social effects of the surgery on the teenagers.

Severe obesity can lead to low self-esteem, less social interaction with peers and depression.Munson's mother, Barbara Farnsworth, said they exhausted all other options before resorting to surgery."It breaks your heart to see your child struggling and becoming so depressed and to hear doctors say she won't see 30 if she doesn't lose weight," Farnsworth said.

"This is only a tool, but I now see a future for Amanda that just wasn't there before." News Copyright ...

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