On the other hand, some experts feel that the alternative to surgery is worse than the potential side effects; a lifetime of obesity, ostracism and diseases like diabetes. Currently, according to a recent article in the New York Times, only 1-2 percent of all bariatric surgery procedures are on patients under 21, but there are on-going studies evaluating the outcomes of surgery on children as young as 12 and across the country, hospitals have opened weight loss centers for teens. Allergan, the maker of the popular adjustable gastric band,
the Lap-Band, is currently seeking permission from the FDA to market Lap-Band to patients age 14 and older. (The current permissible age is 18.)
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Added on 01/26/2012
by NORTHWEST WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY
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