New Study on Teen Weight-loss Surgery

I thought this article was a good tie-in with our SNBAL article on bariatric surgery. Researchers are now conducting a study on adolescents that undergo weight loss surgery to better understand the risks and benefits of this surgery. I was amazed to see that one girl in the article lost 40 pounds in 30 days, and that her diabetes went into remission during that time. While I think surgery is great because it is a fast fix for a lot of serious health issues, maybe researchers should also begin to look at long term effects of the surgery.

You can read the artile at:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/04/30/diet.teensurgery.ap/index.html