ASMBS: No Red Flags in Obesity Surgery for Kids

And the gold medals in the Child Abuse Biathlon go to...

"Obese adolescents get the same benefits from bariatric surgery as their older counterparts, data from two studies showed..."

In one study:

"The patients were similar with respect to preoperative body mass index (46) and a predominance of gastric bypass (85% to 90%) over other procedures."

In the other study:

"Preoperative BMI averaged 46 to 47 for patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy (nine) and gastric bypass (eight) versus 39 for those who had laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (two)."

Medal One goes to the parents for nutritionally abusing their kids.

Medal Two goes to the law-breaking teachers, principals, nurses, docs and the others who, by failing to perform their mandated-by-law duties, let the situation get so out of hand (BMIs of 46 and 47) that these children were the victims of the IMHO malpractice and child abuse known as bariatric surgery.