Obesity

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Obesity in childhood

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity

Overweight/obesity and gastric fluid characteristics in pediatric day surgery: implications for fasting guidelines and pulmonary aspiration risk

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Dose adjustment of anaesthetics in the morbidly obese

Natural history and treatment with ursodiol of gallstones formed during rapid loss of weight in man

Excess Body Weight and Gallstone Disease

Gallstone formation after rapid weight loss: a prospective study in patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery for treatment of morbid obesity

Hannon TS, Arslanian SA. Obesity in Adolescents. New England Journal of Medicine. 2023;389(3):251-261. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp2102062

Trends in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence in US Youth and Adults by Sex and Age, 2007-2008 to 2015-2016

Advertising as a cue to consume: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of acute exposure to unhealthy food and nonalcoholic beverage advertising on intake in children and adults

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity

Five-Year Outcomes of Gastric Bypass in Adolescents as Compared with Adults

American Society of Anesthesiologists. Patients Taking Popular Medications for Diabetes and Weight Loss Should Stop Before Elective Surgery, ASA Suggests

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Liraglutide for Adolescents with Obesity

Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adolescents with Obesity

STEP 1 Study Group. Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity

STEP 1 Study Group. Weight regain and cardiometabolic effects after withdrawal of semaglutide: The STEP 1 trial extension

A retrospective description of anesthetic medication dosing in overweight and obese children

Propofol clearance in morbidly obese children and adolescents

The effect of obesity on the ED(95) of propofol for loss of consciousness in children and adolescents

Bolus Dose Administration of Fentanyl in Obese Children: Do Settle for Less