Bariatric Surgery and Type 2 Diabetes

To the Editor Inge et al have shown that bariatric surgery has a greater association than medical treatment alone in achieving an improvement of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its comorbidities in obese adolescents. The mechanism seems to go beyond the magnitude of weight loss alone and include an improvement in incretin profiles, insulin secretion, and insulin sensitivity.
Source: JAMA Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research