Two-year treatment programme showed that younger age and initial weight loss predicted better results in overweight and obese children aged 2-16 years.

Sina DalbySigne VahlkvistInge ØstergaardJoan Park JørgensenClaus Bogh Juhl

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2020)

The two-year programme reduced the body mass index-standard deviation score and the frequency of obesity. Younger age and early weight loss predicted success and younger age, and male sex predicted completion rates.

Keyphrases

weight loss
bariatric surgery
body mass index
roux en y gastric bypass
weight gain
gastric bypass
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
obese patients