The Swedish Youth with Obesity cohort: Profile of an ongoing prospective study
Authors' conclusion
The longitudinally collected data from the Swedish Youth with Obesity cohort will become a valuable source for answering various research questions regarding long-term results of medical and surgical obesity treatment in adolescents and young adults with obesity.
Study context
- Population
- Patients aged 16–25 years admitted for obesity treatment at a specialist obesity clinic in Stockholm, Sweden, recruited since 2018first 500 participants
- Participants
- 500 patients
- Outcome
- Baseline characteristics at enrollment
- Follow-up
- Enrollment
Methodological detailsstudy protocol/profile, ongoing, longitudinal, single specialist obesity clinic, Stockholm, Sweden, Data (blood tests, questionnaires, anthropometric measurements) collected at enrollment and after 18 months and 3, 4, 5 and 10 years
- Study protocol/profile
- Ongoing
- Longitudinal
- Single specialist obesity clinic, Stockholm, Sweden
- Data (blood tests, questionnaires, anthropometric measurements) collected at enrollment and after 18 months and 3, 4, 5 and 10 years
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Female
- 76%
- Mean age (SD 3.0), years
- 21
- Mean BMI (SD 6.1), kg/m²
- 41.3
- Both parents born outside the Nordic countries
- 44.4%
- Smoked at least sometimes
- 28.4%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
The Swedish Youth with Obesity cohort: Profile of an ongoing prospective study. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 11 May 2023. doi:10.
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