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Jøran Hjelmesæth er seksjonsoverlege ved Hormon-, overvekt- og ernæringsavdelingen – Forskningsseksjonen, Sykehuset i Vestfold, professor ved Avdeling for endokrinologi, sykelig overvekt og forebyggende medisin, Universitetet i Oslo.
Articles by Jøran Hjelmesæth
Correction: Supplementary drug treatment to reduce weight in adolescents with severe obesity
- Johannes Rolin,
- Rønnaug Astri Ødegård,
- Viktoria Vedeler Amundsen,
- Unni Mette Stamnes Köpp,
- Ane Kokkvoll,
- Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson,
- Jøran Hjelmesæth
12.01.2023:
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen 2022; 142: 1250–1. On page 1250 of issue no. 14/2022 of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, the following should be written in the English version of the article: Orlistat (Xenical) is not approved for the treatment of obesity in children aged 12 years or older...
Supplementary drug treatment to reduce weight in adolescents with severe obesity
- Johannes Rolin,
- Rønnaug Astri Ødegård,
- Viktoria Vedeler Amundsen,
- Unni Mette Stamnes Köpp,
- Ane Kokkvoll,
- Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson,
- Jøran Hjelmesæth
05.10.2022:
In 2021, the Norwegian Medicines Agency approved the use of daily injection of liraglutide 3.0 mg (Saxenda) as a supplement to lifestyle treatment for weight control in children ≥ 12 years of age with obesity (isoBMI ≥ 30). We share the treatment experiences of six multidisciplinary obesity clinics...
Weight-loss drugs – for whom, how, how long?
- Jøran Hjelmesæth,
- Randi Størdal Lund,
- Jørn Vegard Sagen,
- Tone Gretland Valderhaug
04.04.2022:
Drug treatment of obesity is undergoing a scientific revolution, and it can be hard to keep up. Two relatively new drugs that suppress hunger and increase feelings of satiety can now be prescribed by all Norwegian doctors. Colleagues ask us daily for guidance on the use of new anti-obesity drugs...
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...
Loss of smell or taste as the only symptom of COVID-19
- Jøran Hjelmesæth,
- Dagfinn Skaare
03.04.2020:
A married couple noticed that the wife lost her sense of smell and the husband his sense of taste a few days after being in close contact with a person with COVID-19. They had no other symptoms, but both were found to be infected with SARS-CoV-2. A woman in her sixties was making waffles and was...
New curves for body mass index among children and adolescents
- Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson,
- Jøran Hjelmesæth,
- Robert Bjerknes,
- Mathieu Roelants
02.10.2017:
The Norwegian curves for body mass index published in 2009 included international cut-off values for overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. Here, we present an update of this curve which now includes a cut-off for severe obesity, and argue why it should be used. The body mass index (BMI...