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The role of weight control in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Bariatric surgery

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DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
Volume 199, Issue -, Pages -

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ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110667

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Bariatric Surgery; Type 2 diabetes; Complications of diabetes; Weight loss

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Diabetes mellitus is a major epidemic in the US, associated with obesity and metabolic derangements. Many patients struggle to achieve glycemic control and weight loss with medical therapy alone. Bariatric surgery not only provides durable weight loss, but also improves glucose homeostasis through changes in gut hormones, insulin regulation, and gut microbial composition. By improving diabetes management, comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease also improve.
Diabetes mellitus is one of the major epidemics in the United States. It is heavily associated with obesity and multiple metabolic derangements that lead to long term morbidity, mortality as well as financial burden. Although medical therapy has been the mainstay in the management of diabetes mellitus, there remains a large portion of this patient population which struggles to obtain adequate glycemic control and long-term weight control with medical management alone.Bariatric surgery is a powerful tool in combating diabetes mellitus and affects glucose homeostasis through a variety of pathways. While it does provide a durable pathway for weight loss, improvement in glucose homeostasis is not only affected by the weight loss seen after bariatric surgery. Changes in gut hormone secretion, insulin regulation, and gut microbial composition also affect how these operations improve glucose homeostasis. Through improvement in the management of diabetes mellitus, comorbidities including cardiovascular disease, in turn demonstrate improvement.In this article, we will discuss the role of bariatric (metabolic) surgery as it relates to long term weight loss and the impact that weight loss has on improvement in diabetes mellitus.

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