Weight Loss Surgery Helps Teen's Hearts

Nov. 17, 2009 (Orlando, Fla.) -- Weight loss surgery quickly
improves the heart health of obese teens and continues to do
so for at least two years, researchers report.
In a study of morbidly obese children, cardiac risk
factors improved within six months of bariatric surgery.
"Importantly, these improvements persisted for at least two years following
profound weight loss," says Holly M.
Ippisch, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital Medical Center.
By reversing heart abnormalities early in
life, "we can reduce their risk of heart disease as adults," she
tells WebMD.




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