Rapid Fire and Conclusion: Pediatric Obesity 2017
Educational content from recorded physician discussions — not medical advice. Talk to your (or your child's) care team about your situation.
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Identifying & Managing Eating Disorders in Pediatric Obesity Treatment: Current Practices in Weight
53 s · Published Aug 2026
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AAP Policy for Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: Pediatric Obesity 2017
27 min · Published Feb 2018
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Identifying & Managing Eating Disorders in Pediatric Obesity Treatment: Current Practices in Weight
53 s · Published Aug 2026
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Public Policies to Address Obesity: Pediatric Obesity 2017
46 min · Published Feb 2018
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Pediatric Obesity Is a Disease: Treatment, Medications, Surgery & Equity in Care with Dr. Justin Ryder
Lurie Children's Hospital · 6 min · Published Mar 2026
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Clinical Research Facilitators, Barriers, and Preferences of Parents of Children With Overweight...
41 s · Published Aug 2026
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Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative (PSORC): Studying Rare Pediatric Tumors
56 s · Published May 2026
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Update Course Rewind 2025: Hirschsprung + ARM: Rare but Real
1 min · Published May 2026
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Update Course Rewind 2025: Hirschsprung + ARM: Rare but Real
1 min · Published May 2026
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Pooling Patients to Study Rare Pediatric Tumors: An Introduction to PSORC
56 s · Published May 2026
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The fetal frontier: A review of current and emerging fetal therapies for genetic diseases
44 s · Published May 2026
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Indocyanine green assists with sentinel lymph node mapping in pediatric and adolescent patients
1 min · Published May 2026
What the experts said
BMIs in the 40s will predictably achieve post-surgical BMIs less than 30
Earlier intervention in bariatric surgery improves quality of life for patients
Once BMI crosses 50 threshold, probability of mitigating risks associated with BMI 35+ becomes challenging
Conversation about bariatric surgery should begin when BMI reaches mid-30s, especially with comorbidities
At BMI 49, surgery may fail to get patients out of the severely obese category
Topiramate and phentermine can be used as bridge therapy to buy time for patient maturity before surgery
Medications can serve as bridge to surgery, primary therapeutic intervention, or post-surgical adjunct depending on patient needs
Obesity is a heterogeneous disease requiring continuous treatment escalation based on individual patient response
Medications should be initiated after 3-6 months in program when healthy living alone is insufficient to control disease
Dexamphetamine has evidence base for hypothalamic obesity patients and may be needed pre- and post-surgery
Hypothalamic obesity patients have biological drive to gain weight that defeats surgery, profoundly different from patients without brain injury
Private insurers are limiting dietitian visits to 3 per year, inadequate for chronic disease management
Taxing specific products like sugar will not have desired impact because obesity is not caused by sugar per se
Most obese patients meet objective criteria for binge eating disorder when assessed with questionnaires, even without formal diagnosis
Surgery is effective at extinguishing binge eating behaviors
Prior binge eating disorder diagnosis may pose higher risk for relapse or weight regain long-term after surgery
Disordered eating (restricting during day, overeating in evening) is present in many obese patients even without formal eating disorder diagnosis
Rate of true diagnosable binge eating disorder in obese pediatric patients is under 5% when screened with diagnostic criteria
Patients who develop fear of eating and severe restriction should be referred to eating disorders programs
Disordered eating applies to nearly every obese patient, involving feelings and emotions around eating, food, and restricting, even without meeting DSM criteria
Operating at lower degrees of obesity allows moving patients into a much healthier state
Patients above BMI 55 have only about 14% probability of achieving BMI below 30 after surgery (data published by Tom in 2009)
Sugar taxation decreases consumption and generates revenue (data shown by Gellibrano)
Bariatric surgery demonstrates good resolution of binge eating disorder symptoms in adult literature (Jim Mitchell's work in LABS consortium)