Pediatric Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Evidence, Barriers, and Best Practices

^aDepartments of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences, Duke Center for Childhood Obesity Research, and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina;
^bDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio;
^cDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; and
^dDivision of Pediatric Surgery, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware

Dr Armstrong was responsible for the initial drafting of the manuscript, conceptualized and contributed to the content of the initial manuscript, and contributed to the clinical perspective of the recommendations; Dr Bolling contributed to the clinical perspective of the recommendations and conceptualized and contributed to the content of the initial manuscript; Drs Michalsky and Reichard conceptualized and contributed to the content of the initial manuscript and contributed to the surgical perspective and the enrollment criteria table; and all authors contributed to revisions and critical edits of the entire manuscript, approved the final manuscript as submitted, and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.