Events

“Metabolomic and MRI-Determined Body Composition Changes Following Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents” 

Integrating Special Populations: Seminar Series - 2018 ISP Pilot Award Presentations

Wei Shen, MD, MPH, MS & Elizabeth Berg, MD
Assistant Professors of Nutritional Pediatrics at CUIMC

The rising prevalence of the most severe classes of obesity among children and adolescents is accompanied by increasing performance of bariatric surgery in morbidly obese adolescents. Different types, amounts and locations of excessive fat are linked to different obesity complications as well as metabolomics.