Open AccessEffect of ethnicity on weight loss among adolescents 1 year after bariatric surgery
Author(s) -
Sarah E. Messiah,
Gabriela Lopez-Mitnik,
Deborah A. Winegar,
Bintu Sherif,
Kristopher L. Arheart,
Kirk W. Reichard,
Marc P. Michalsky,
Steven E. Lipshultz,
Tracie L. Miller,
Alan S. Livingstone,
Nestor de la CruzMuñoz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9358
DOI - 10.4239/wjd.v4.i5.202
Subject(s) - medicine , weight loss , ethnic group , body mass index , anthropometry , obesity , gastric banding , surgery , gastric bypass surgery , gastric bypass , sociology , anthropology
To investigate whether or not bariatric surgery weight outcomes vary by ethnicity in a large, nationally representative sample of adolescents.