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Severely overweight teenagers who undergo bariatric surgery are able to successfully lose a significant amount of weight and keep it off three years later, a new study in The New England Journal of Medicine says.

The study, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and led by researchers at Cincinnati Children’s, found that many teens who had surgery also reversed problems such as diabetes, kidney damage and high blood pressure.

Previous research estimated severely obese teens had less than 1 percent chance of losing weight and keeping it off without surgery. This study says that with surgery, almost 90 percent experienced clinically meaningful weight loss, and most were able to reclaim their health.

The study also pointed out nutritional and other risks associated with surgery. Researchers found 13 percent of patients required additional abdominal surgery, most commonly gallbladder removal, during the three-year period.

Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s and four other participating children’s hospitals will continue following the patients in the study for longer-term outcomes.

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