The UK's first large-scale study on the impact of weight-loss surgery for obesity has reported a large reduction in type 2 diabetes and other health problems.
The National Bariatric Surgery Registry (NBSR) found the procedures to be safe and reported that one-year after bariatric surgery patients lost nearly 60% of their excess weight on average. It found that 50% of those affected by diabetes before surgery showed no indication of the disease, with the rate rising to 86% after two years....
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Obesity is a medical term meaning the storage of excess fat (adipose tissue) in the body. Medications may be one part of a successful program to... Read more »
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
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