High prevalence of neurodevelopmental problems in adolescents eligible for bariatric surgery for severe obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To assess the prevalence of neurodevelopmental problems in adolescents with severe obesity and their associations with binge eating and depression.

Methods

Data were collected at inclusion in a randomised study of bariatric surgery in 48 adolescents (73% girls; mean age 15.7 ± 1.0 years; mean body mass index 42.6 ± 5.2 kg/m² ). Parents completed questionnaires assessing their adolescents' symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder and reported earlier diagnoses. Patients answered self-report questionnaires on binge eating and depressive symptoms.

Results

The parents of 26/48 adolescents (54%) reported scores above cut-off for symptoms of the targeted disorders in their adolescents, but only 15% reported a diagnosis

SUBMITTER: Bjork A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246871 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature