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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News)<\/p>\n
Weight-loss surgery conquers type 2 diabetes<\/a> in more than 50% of patients who have the procedure, new research shows.<\/p>\n So-called bariatric surgery helps severely obese<\/a> people shed weight and improve their health. Two types of weight-loss surgery are lap band surgery<\/a> (in which a band around the top of the stomach creates a pouch that can only hold a small amount of food) and gastric bypass. The bypass surgery reduces stomach size, causes hormonal changes and can lower the amount of nutrients absorbed from food.<\/p>\n “If a patient with type 2 diabetes<\/a> is considering weight-loss surgery, choosing gastric bypass soon after diagnosis can increase their chance of remission or achieving a blood sugar<\/a> level that does not need treatment,” said study author Dr. Jonathan Purnell. He’s a professor of medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, in Portland.<\/p>\n “Our large study confirms the importance of weight loss<\/a> on inducing diabetes<\/a> remission, but also finds gastric bypass has benefits independent of weight. If we can understand what these benefits are, it could lead to new diabetes<\/a> treatments,” he said in a news release from the Endocrine Society.<\/p>\n For the study, Purnell’s team collected data on nearly 2,300 severely obese<\/a> adults who had weight-loss surgery. About 35% had type 2 diabetes<\/a>.<\/p>\n In all, 57% of those with diabetes<\/a> who had a gastric bypass saw their diabetes<\/a> disappear, as did 22% of those who had lap band surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n Remission was more common in younger patients and those who had diabetes<\/a> for a shorter time before their procedure, the study authors noted.<\/p>\n A greater likelihood of diabetes<\/a> remission was seen after gastric bypass surgery<\/a> whether or not people lost weight, suggesting that mechanisms beyond weight loss<\/a> contribute to improved blood sugar<\/a>, the researchers said.<\/p>\n The findings were published online recently in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism<\/em>.<\/p>\n More information<\/strong><\/p>\n To learn more about weight loss surgery<\/a>, visit the American Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n SOURCE: Endocrine Society, news release, Nov. 30, 2020<\/p>\n Steven Reinberg<\/p>\n![\"MedicalNews\"](\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/HealthDay\/healthday.png\")
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