Paediatric gastroenterology. On a knife-edge--weight-loss surgery for NAFLD in adolescents.

ABSTRACT: A new position statement from Europe endorses expert-based recommendations to consider bariatric surgery as a treatment for severe NAFLD in severely obese adolescents. This article discusses the problem of severe paediatric obesity, its relationship with NAFLD, and the knowledge and needs regarding bariatric surgery in adolescents

SUBMITTER: Xanthakos SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4620919 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature