Bariatric surgery may minimise the risk of heart diseases in adolescents who went through the procedure claimed new research. The findings showed that bariatric or weight-loss surgery performed during adolescence may provide unique benefits later in life by minimising the development and progression of impaired glucose metabolism atherosclerosis heart failure and stroke. This is the first large-scale analysis of predictors of change in cardiovascular disease risk factors among adolescents following bariatric surgery said Marc P Michalsky Professor at the Ohio State University College in the US. The study published in the online journal Pediatrics was conducted over 242 adolescents who
