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Senter for sykelig overvekt i Helse Sør-Øst
Sykehuset i Vestfold, Tønsberg
Han har bidratt med tolking av data, revisjon av manus samt godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.
Jens Kristoffer Hertel er ph.d., genetiker og seksjonsleder for forskningsavdelingen. Han er styremedlem i Norsk forening for fedmeforskning.
Articles by Jens Kristoffer Hertel
Patient complaints following bariatric surgery 2012–18
- Randi Størdal Lund,
- Jens Kristoffer Hertel,
- Rune Sandbu,
- Jøran Hjelmesæth
09.11.2020:
Bariatric surgery is a common procedure at Norwegian hospitals nowadays, with just under 3000 such operations performed annually; almost 2000 in the public health service and 1000 in the private health service (1). Following surgery, most patients experience substantial weight reduction and an...
Laparoscopic gastric bypass versus lifestyle intervention for adolescents with morbid obesity
- Jøran Hjelmesæth,
- Jens Kristoffer Hertel,
- Ane Hjetland Holt,
- Beate Benestad,
- Lars Thomas Seeberg,
- Morten Lindberg,
- Erling Halvorsen,
- Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson,
- Rune Sandbu,
- Samira Lekhal
09.11.2020:
Morbid obesity in adolescents is associated with an increased risk of comorbidities, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, mental illness, and morbid obesity in adulthood, as well as reduced life expectancy (1, 2). Effective treatment can therefore...
Lifestyle intervention for children and adolescents with severe obesity – results after one year
- Vilde Aabel Skodvin,
- Samira Lekhal,
- Kristin Garpestad Kommedal,
- Beate Benestad,
- Hanna Flækøy Skjåkødegård,
- Yngvild Sørebø Danielsen,
- Sara-Rebekka Færø Linde,
- Mathieu Roelants,
- Jens Kristoffer Hertel,
- Jøran Hjelmesæth,
- Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson
11.06.2020:
Obesity in children and adolescents is a major health challenge. Psychosocial complications are common in children with severe obesity, and cardiometabolic and orthopaedic complications may also occur (1). Moreover, childhood obesity is strongly associated with adult obesity, thus also with an...