How To Protect Your Child’s Weight Problem
Some doctors worry that young, overweight patients are still developing and lap-band surgery can have negative side effects later. In some cases, surgery is being performed on children as young as 12. But, the long term effectiveness of weight-loss surgery, especially stomach banding, is still in question. Dr. Wendy M. Scinta, a family practitioner in Manlius, a suburb of Syracuse, specializes in pediatric weight loss. She was quoted in the NYTimes article saying “I think it’s pretty extreme to change …