11 Jun Should children be considered candidates for bariatric surgery for obesity?
1. “Should children be considered candidates for bariatric surgery for obesity?”
The positions presented: 1. should adolescence be considered or 2. should they be denied for surgery?
2. Resources to resolve dilemma
Using bariatric surgery as a last resort
Only considering patients with BMI >35 and severe comorbidities
Only considering patients with BMI >40 with minor comorbidities
Also, I have attached the guidelines for you to go by if you need them. I am only answering the two above questions in the RUA guideline. Also, make sure you are following new APA guidelines. The paper doesn’t have to be a full 2 pages. I still have to write my own opinion about it. I have also attached a word document with some information on it that you may wanna use. I kinda started on it and that was the information that I got together for my pros and cons. Your welcome to use it and I also have the reference under it.
