Resources for Patients / Families

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.

Cincinnati Children's Links | Journal Articles | World Wide Web Links

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

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.

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.