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Pediatric Bariatric Surgery

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Surgery".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 2087

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ann Scheimann

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Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Brady 320, Baltimore, MD 21287-2631, USA
Interests: non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Prader-willi Syndrome; obesity
Dr. Kimberley E. Steele

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School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Attention: Gregory Paul Prokopowicz, 601 N. Caroline Street, JHOC 7157, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Interests: obesity causes and consequences; metabolic and bariatric surgery; gut-brain axis and weight gain; surgical education and simulation; surgical outcomes; minimally invasive surgical techniques; foregut surgery

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

A variety of interventions have been utilized to target the rise in children and adolescents struggling with obesity, including lifestyle intervention (diet and exercise), behavioral modification strategies, pharmaceuticals, and some bariatric procedures. As response to lifestyle interventions, diet, exercise, and pharmaceutical agents has been suboptimal for many children and adolescents with severe obesity, the use of bariatric surgery has gained increasing acceptance.  A variety of procedures have been recently used in children and adolescents with severe obesity and obesity-related co-morbidities, including laparoscopic adjustable gastric band, vertical sleeve gastrectomy, and Roux-en Y gastric bypass.  In addition, there has been recent discussion and investigations into the use of limited endoscopic procedures. Management of this population both pre-procedure and post-procedure requires a multidisciplinary approach for successful long-term results.

This Special Edition on “Pediatric Bariatric Surgery” will explore the history of and types of pediatric bariatric surgical procedures, long-term outcome data (>5 years) in children and adolescents (weight, co-morbidities), nutritional management, behavioral management, and parental weight loss surgery upon family dynamics. The goal is to inform and update readers by providing an overview of long-term perspectives, emerging research, and clinical options including useful tools specific to this population.

Dr. Ann Scheimann
Dr. Kimberley E. Steele
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • bariatric surgery
  • pediatric obesity

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All in the Family: Child and Adolescent Weight Loss Surgery in the Context of Parental Weight Loss Surgery
by Eleanor R. Mackey, Megan M. York and Evan P. Nadler
Children 2021, 8(11), 990; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8110990 - 01 Nov 2021
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Background: Bariatric surgery is the most effective current treatment option for patients with severe obesity. More children and adolescents are having surgery, many whose parents have also had surgery. The current study examines whether parental surgery status moderates the association between perceived social [...] Read more.
Background: Bariatric surgery is the most effective current treatment option for patients with severe obesity. More children and adolescents are having surgery, many whose parents have also had surgery. The current study examines whether parental surgery status moderates the association between perceived social support, emotional eating, food addiction and weight loss following surgery, with those whose parents have had surgery evidencing a stronger relationship between the psychosocial factors and weight loss as compared to their peers. Methods: Participants were 228 children and adolescents undergoing sleeve gastrectomy between 2014 and 2019 at one institution. Children and adolescents completed self-report measures of perceived family social support, emotional eating, and food addiction at their pre-surgical psychological evaluation. Change in body mass index (BMI) from pre-surgery to 3, 6, and 12 months post-surgery was assessed at follow-up clinic visits. Parents reported their surgical status as having had surgery or not. Results: There were no differences in perceived family support, emotional eating, or food addiction symptoms between those whose parents had bariatric surgery and those whose parents did not. There were some moderating effects of parent surgery status on the relationship between social support, emotional eating/food addiction, and weight loss following surgery. Specifically, at 3 months post-surgery, higher change in BMI was associated with lower perceived family support only in those whose parents had not had surgery. More pre-surgical food addiction symptoms were associated with greater weight loss at 3 months for those whose parents had not had surgery, whereas this finding was true only for those whose parents had surgery at 12 months post-surgery. Conclusions: Children and adolescents whose parents have had bariatric surgery may have unique associations of psychosocial factors and weight loss. More research is needed to determine mechanisms of these relationships. Full article
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