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Morbid Obesity and Weight Management Resources

The Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center recommends the following resources for additional information.

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Cincinnati Children's Links

• Pediatric Grand Round: Surgery for Adolescent Obesity: Lessons Learned from the Last Half Decade and Blueprint for the Future, May 30, 2006.
• Childhood Obesity Video -- addresses both the prevention and management of childhood obesity.
• Radio Segment on Childhood Obesity: Steve Muething, MD, associate director of clinical services in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, spoke about childhood obesity on August 31, 2004. Listen to this segment:
  • High or Low Speed Audio
• Pediatric Grand Round: Surgical Management of Clinically Severe Obesity (Morbid Obesity): Rationale and Outcomes, April 16, 2002

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Journal Articles

• Xanthakos SA, Inge TH. Extreme pediatric obesity: weighing the health dangers. J Pediatr. 2007 Jan;150(1):3-5.
• Inge TH, Xanthakos SA, Zeller MH. Bariatric surgery for pediatric extreme obesity: now or later? Int J Obes (Lond). 2007 Jan;31(1):1-14.
• Xanthakos SA, Daniels SR, Inge TH. Bariatric surgery in adolescents: an update. Adolesc Med Clin 17(3):589-612; 2006.
• Kalra M, Inge T. Effect of bariatric surgery on obstructive sleep apnea in adolescents. Paediatr Respir Rev. 2006 Dec;7(4):260-7.
• Ori Eyal, Sumana Sundararajan, Thomas Inge, Susan R. Rose. Obesity in patients with craniopharyngioma. The Endocrinologist. 2006 16:286.
• Inge TH: Bariatric surgery for morbidly obese adolescents: Is there a rationale for early intervention? Growth Hormone & IGF Research 2006 May 2006 Jul;16S:15-19
• Xanthakos S, Inge T: Nutritional Consequences of Bariatric Surgery. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care. 2006 9(4):489-496.
• Helmrath MA, Brandt ML, Inge TH: Adolescent obesity and bariatric surgery. Surg Clin North Am. 2006 Apr;86(2):441-54.
• Meg H. Zeller, Helmut R. Roehrig, Avani C. Modi, Stephen R. Daniels, Thomas H. Inge: Adolescents Seeking Bariatric Surgery: An Examination of Health-Related Quality of Life and Depressive Symptoms. Pediatrics 2006 Apr;117(4):1155-61.
• Allen S, Ignacio R, Falcone R, Alonso M, Brown R, Garcia V, Inge T, Ryckman F, Warner B, Azizkhan R, Tiao G: The effect of a right-sided aortic arch on outcome in children with tracheo-esophageal fistula and esophageal atresia. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2006 Mar;41(3):479-83.
• Ala S. Frey, MD; Victor F. Garcia, MD; Rebeccah L. Brown, MD; Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD; Frederick C. Ryckman, MD; Aliza P. Cohen, MA; Greg Durrett; Richard G. Azizkhan, MD: Nonoperative Management of Pectus Carinatum. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2006; 41(1):40-5; discussion 40-5.
• Lawson L, Harmon C, Chen M, Loux T, Kirk S, Garcia V, Daniels S, Inge T: One-Year Outcomes of Roux en Y Gastric Bypass in Adolescents: A multicenter report from the Pediatric Bariatric Study Group. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2006. 41(1):137-43; discussion 137-43.
• Xanthakos S, Miles L, Bucuvalas J, Daniels S, Garcia V, Inge T: Histologic Spectrum of NASH in Morbidly Obese Adolescents Differs from Adults. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2006 Feb;4(2):226-32.
• Kalra M, Inge T, Garcia V, Daniels S, Lawson L, Curti B, Cohen A, Amin R: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Morbidly Obese Adolescents: Effect of Bariatric Surgical Intervention. Obesity Research, 2005; 13:1175-1179.
• Kirk S, Inge TH, Daniels SR: Gastric Bypass Surgery for Severely Obese Adolescents: Nutritional Considerations. Pediatric Nutrition -- A Building Block for Life, a Publication of the Pediatric Nutrition Proactice Group, American Dietetics Association, Volume 24; No. 4, Fall 2005.
• Nghia-Jack Vo MD, John M. Racadio MD, R. Nicholas Trane MD, Thomas Inge MD: Transluminal Interventional Radiology Technique to Treat Obstructing Membrane Following Esophageal Atresia Repair. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2005. Oct;16(10):1401-5.
• Allen S, Lawson L, Garcia V, Inge T: Attitudes of ASBS members concerning adolescent bariatric surgery. Obesity Surgery, 2005; Sep;15(8):1192-5.
• Inge TH, Zeller M, Lawson L, Daniels SR: Critical Appraisal of the Evidence Supporting Bariatric Surgery for Weight Management in Adolescence. Journal of Pediatrics, 2005. 147(1):10-19.
• Inge TH, Lawson L: Treatment Considerations for Severe Adolescent Obesity, Surgery for Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases. 2005 1:133-139.
• Inge TH, Donnelly LF, Vierra M, Cohen A, Daniels SR, Garcia VF: Managing Bariatric Patients In a Children's Hospital: Radiologic Considerations and Limitations. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2005; 40:609-617.
• Inge TH, Zeller M, Garcia V, Daniels S: Surgical Approach to Adolescent Severe Obesity. Adolescent Medicine Clinics, 2004; 15:429-453.
• Inge TH, Harris NH, Azizkhan RG, Priebe W: WP744 is a novel anthracycline with enhanced activity against neuroblastoma. Journal of Surgical Research, 2004; 121:187-196.
• Wu J, Harris NH, Azizkhan RG, Priebe W, Inge TH: Activation of the transcriptional activity and DNA binding of nuclear factor-kappa B by doxorubicin analog WP744 in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Journal of Surgical Research, 2004; 122(2):231-9.
• Towbin A, Inge TH, Garcia VF, Roerig HR, Clements RH, Harmon CM, et al: Beriberi after gastric bypass surgery in adolescence.  J. Pediatrics 2004;145(2):263-7.
• Inge TH, Garcia V, Daniels S, Langford L, Kirk S, Roehrig H, et al: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Adolescent Bariatric Surgical Patient. J Pediatr Surg 2004;39(3):442-7; discussion 6-7.
• Inge TH, Garcia V, Daniels S: Surgical Approach to Adolescent Severe Obesity. Adolescent Medicine Clinics 2004;15:429-53.
• Lawson L, Inge T, Kirk S, Garcia V, Daniels S: Self-Reported Weight Management History of Adolescents Requesting Evaluation for Bariatric Surgery. Obes Res 2004;12:A64.
• Inge T, Lawson L, Garcia V, Kirk S, Daniels S: Body composition changes after gastric bypass in morbidly obese adolescents. Obes Res 2004;12:A53.
• Xanthakos S, Lawson L, Bucuvalas J, Daniels S, Garcia V, Inge T: Histologic spectrum of NASH in morbidly obese adolescents differs from adults. Obes Res 2004;12:A211.
• Lawson L, Inge T, Kirk S, Daniels S, Garcia V: Experiences and behavior reported by extremely overweight adolescents seeking bariatric surgery. Obes Res 2004;12:A65.
• Inge TH, Krebs NF, Garcia VF, Skelton JA, Guice KS, Strauss RS, et al: Bariatric surgery for severely overweight adolescents: concerns and recommendations. Pediatrics 2004;114(1):217-23.
• Stanford A, Glascock JM, Eid GM, Kane T, Ford HR, Ikramuddin S, et al: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in morbidly obese adolescents. J. Pediatr. Surg. 2003;38(3):430-433
• Capella JF, Capella RF: Bariatric surgery in adolescence. is this the best age to operate? Obes Surg 2003;13(6):826-32.
• Dolan K, Creighton L, Hopkins G, Fielding G: Laparoscopic gastric banding in morbidly obese adolescents. Obes. Surg. 2003;13(1):101-104.
• Abu-Abeid S, Gavert N, Klausner JM, Szold A: Bariatric surgery in adolescence. J Pediatr Surg 2003;38(9):1379-82.
• Strauss R, Bradley L, Brolin R: Gastric bypass surgery in adolescents with morbid obesity. The Journal of Pediatrics, April 2001; vol. 138, no.4, 499-504.
• Greenstein R, Rabner J: Is adolescent gastric-restrictive antiobesity surgery warranted? Obesity Surgery, 1995;5: 138-144.
• Rand C, Macgregor A: Adolescents having obesity surgery: a 6-year follow-up. Southern Medical Journal, 1994; vol. 87, no.12, 1208-1213.
• Anderson A, Scoper R, Scott D: Gastric bypass for morbid obesity in children and adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, December 1980; vol. 15, no.6, 876-881.
• Scoper R, Mason E, Printen K, Zellweger H: Gastric bypass for morbid obesity in children and adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, February 1975; vol. 10, no.1, 51-58.

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World Wide Web Links

• The American Obesity Association web site contains extensive commentary on Healthy People 2010 (report from US Department of Health and Human Services).
• The American Society for Bariatric Surgery provides in-depth resources on bariatric surgery, as well as a listing of several related links.
• Information on obesity from the Centers for Disease Control.
• Fed Up! Winning the War Against Childhood Obesity (2005), a Joseph Henry Press publication.
• The National Center for Health Statistics gives a brief account of the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults in the US.
• The Obesity Law and Advocacy Center is a private law firm that represents morbidly obese people in legal matters.
• The Office of the Surgeon General web site contains a call to action to prevent and decrease overweight and obesity and provides a comprehensive overview of the problem and useful information on overweight in children and adolescents. Additionally, it offers a number of useful resources and Internet links.

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For more information about the Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens, please call 513-636-2222 or email cwmc@cchmc.org.

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