Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Takes Off in Canada

Anyone dealing with pediatric obesity knows that there is now an increasing number of massively obese kids for whom behavioural and/or medical weight management will simply not cut it. It is therefore no surprise that an increasing number of kids and their families are now looking to surgeons for help.

To address this demand, Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children last week announced the creation of a centre for pediatric and adolescent bariatric surgery (see report on CTV).

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