Patient Stories In The News
Obese teens and their families often find comfort and support in hearing stories about other overweight adolescents. The Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center offers links to patient success stories recently featured in the news:
Other Recent Obesity-Related Stories in the News
- Obesity surgery for adolescents safe: study, by By Will Dunham, featured on Yahoo! News
- Stomach Surgery for Overweight Teens to Get Government Scrutiny, featured on Bloomberg.com
- Gastric Bypass and Stomach Banding for Teens, featured on Ivanhoe.com
- Obesity surgery triples among U.S. teens, featured on CNN.com
- Weight-Loss Surgery Improves Teens' Hearts, featured in the Cincinnati Enquirer, March 2007
- Obesity surgery triples among U.S. teens, featured on MSNBC
- Weight, Weight, Don't Tell Me, featured on AlterNet.com, January 2005
- The Risks and Rewards of Bariatric Surgery, Research Horizons, Fall 2004
- Guidelines for Teen Bypass Surgery, featured in USA Today. Learn more about our gastric bypass surgery guidelines.
- Surgery reduces obesity, featured in the Cincinnati Enquirer
- Overweight Kids at Risk for Broken Bones, published on Yahoo! News
