Featured Physician
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Marc P. Michalsky, MD Dr. Michalsky is Surgical Director of Nationwide Children's Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition. - Learn more here »
Featured Physician
Steven Teich, MD Dr. Teich is the Surgical Director of the Bariatric Program at Nationwide Children's Hospital. - Learn more here »
Watch a video that features two of our adolescent patients who each had a different bariatric surgery to combat their morbid obesity. Jessica received a LAP-BAND® while James underwent gastric bypass.
Surgical Weight Management Program
Weight reduction surgery is not for all overweight people. But it does offer an option to those people who have not been able to maintain weight loss through dieting. Typically, to qualify for weight reduction surgery, you must:
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Be at least 100 pounds over your ideal body weight
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Have a documented attempt to lose weight by following a medically supervised diet (for at least 6 months)
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Undergo a comprehensive medical evaluation with the physicians at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Surgery results in a major change in lifestyle.
To maintain weight loss after surgery, it is very important for you to know that you will still have to exercise and limit food amounts. And you will need to change the types of foods that you eat every day.
How much weight will you lose?
On average, people steadily lose one to two pounds per week. This means you will loose 50-100 pounds or more in a year. The amount of weight loss and the ability to keep it off depends on how well you follow the diet and exercise program after surgery.
It’s a long process.
Leading up to surgery, a complete evaluation will be needed. This includes a physical exam, nutritional workup, psychological tests, and in many cases, other medical tests and consults. After the surgery, patients must have regular visits during the first 12 months after surgery. In addition, you will continue to be seen at Children’s Hospital well after your procedure.
Surgical Options
Learn more about our two surgical options at Nationwide Children's Hospital:
Physician Practice Tool
This bariatric surgery practice tool includes information on evaluation, management and outcomes.
Teen-LABS Research Study
Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS) Study
Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of only five institutions nationally to join a multi-institution clinical research study to understand the benefits and risks of bariatric surgery in adolescents. Learn more.
