UTHealth Houston: New Research Shows Uptick in Weight-Loss Surgery Among Youth in the U.S.

UTHealth Houston announced a JAMA Pediatrics cohort study, led by Sarah Messiah, PhD, with Dr. Nestor de la Cruz-Muñoz of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine as a co-author.

Analyzing about 1.35 million patients in the national MBSAQIP database from 2015 to 2021, the study found that metabolic and bariatric surgery among people aged 10 to 19 has risen since 2016, with the largest relative increases among Black and Hispanic youth.