Weight Loss Surgery Eligibility According to Various BMI Criteria Among Adolescents

A BMI cutoff point at the 99th percentile for age and gender or at 40 kg/m(2) has been suggested for more aggressive treatment of adolescent obesity. The main objective of this study was to determine the proportion of adolescents eligible for weight loss surgery (WLS) based on various BMI cutoff poi...

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Hauptverfasser: Lenders, Carine M., Wright, Julie A., Apovian, Caroline M., Hess, Donald T., Shukla, Rishi R., Adams, William G., Lee, Kayoung
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: 2008
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4144199/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19008870
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/oby.2008.477
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