Is Maternal Metabolic Bariatric Surgery the Best Solution to Tackle the Childhood Obesity Pandemic?

JAMA Surg. 2023 Aug 1;158(8):891-892. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.0930.

Authors

Karolien Van De Maele^{1

2}, Dries Ceulemans^{3

4}, Roland Devlieger^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics and member of the Infla-Med Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
² Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
³ Department of Development and Regeneration, Research Unit Woman and Child, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 37099320
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.0930

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Bariatric Surgery*
Child
Family
Humans
Obesity, Morbid* / epidemiology
Obesity, Morbid* / surgery
Pandemics / prevention & control
Pediatric Obesity* / epidemiology
Pediatric Obesity* / prevention & control
Pediatric Obesity* / surgery