{"id":7066,"date":"2019-06-11T09:18:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T16:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/?p=7066"},"modified":"2025-12-15T20:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T04:21:59","slug":"teenage-bariatric-weight-loss-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/teenage-bariatric-weight-loss-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenage Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/teenage-bariatric-surgery.png\" alt=\"weight loss surgery before after vsg gastiric sleeve teenage bariatric surgery\" class=\"wp-image-7067\" width=\"582\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/teenage-bariatric-surgery.png 495w, https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/teenage-bariatric-surgery-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/teenage-bariatric-surgery-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/teenage-bariatric-surgery-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the rising obesity epidemic it is really important for our next generation to be pro-active about their health! Many children lose control of their weight at an early age which can have a dreadful impact on a critical time during the development of their careers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> It was once thought that weight loss surgery is similar to Lasik surgery in the sense that a potential patient should wait until they are well into adulthood before having surgery.  Teens were told to weight before having weight loss surgery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> However new scientific studies offer evidence that bariatric weight loss surgery can be performed on individuals during the later portion of their teenage years. In fact, on average the adolescent&#8217;s who underwent weight loss surgery fared better on average than their older counter parts! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in reading more about this we have included a link below.   For more information on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/weight-loss-surgery-procedures\/gastric-sleeve-surgery\/\">Gastric Sleeve<\/a>&nbsp;and other weight loss surgical questions, please call&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/contactus\/\">BeLiteWeight<\/a>&nbsp;today at 1-800-215-6497! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/16\/health\/bariatric-surgery-teenagers.html &#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the rising obesity epidemic it is really important for our next generation to be pro-active about their health! Many children lose control of their weight at an early age which can have a dreadful impact on a critical time during the development of their careers. 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