Type 2 Diabetes
Weight-loss surgery using gastric banding
can reverse type 2 diabetes in obese people..
Obese individuals who underwent the procedure were
more than five times more likely to see their diabetes resolve than people who
relied on lifestyle changes alone, Dr. John B. Dixon of Monash University in
Melbourne and colleagues report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"This
study presents strong evidence to support the early consideration of surgically
induced loss of weight in the treatment of obese patients with type 2 diabetes," Dixon
and his team conclude.
They randomly assigned 60 obese people with type 2 diabetes
to undergo adjustable gastric banding surgery and a lifestyle modification program,
or the lifestyle modification program alone.
Seventy-three percent of the patients
who underwent surgery had a complete remission of their diabetes within two years,
compared to 13 percent of the lifestyle-only group.
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