OBESITY AND DIABETES
Carrying excess weight is one of the strongest risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes.
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When you’re living with obesity, your body becomes more resistant to insulin — the hormone that regulates blood sugar. Over time, the pancreas struggles to keep up, and blood sugar levels rise, leading to pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes. Left untreated, this can result in serious complications affecting your heart, kidneys, nerves, eyes, and more.
Significantly improve blood sugar control
Reduce insulin resistance
In some cases, allow patients to stop diabetes medications altogether
High-Level Evidence from Medical Research
“Surgical Therapy And Medications Potentially Eradicate Diabetes Efficiently”
Conclusion: Bariatric surgery combined with medications is more effective than medications alone for managing diabetes.
Five-year outcomes showed that among patients with type 2 diabetes and a BMI of 27–43, bariatric surgery plus intensive medical therapy was more effective than intensive medical therapy alone in lowering, or in some cases resolving, hyperglycemia.
