Weight-loss surgery, or bariatric surgery, is a popular treatment for obesity, with nearly 200,000 operations performed in the United States in 2020. Doctors agree that the alterations that weight-loss surgery makes to the digestive system change the way that your body handles alcohol. Megan Merkel, a 21-year-old living in Illinois, also posts about her experience with weight-loss surgery on TikTok. While she hasn’t had experience working with teens post weight-loss surgery, she explains that alcohol poses a unique danger to the adolescent brain. While the new AAP guidelines suggest a certain BMI to consider teens for weight-loss surgery, each case deserves careful, individual evaluation.

Source: Huffington Post January 19, 2023 22:50 UTC