Commentary; Long-term Resolution of Type-2 Diabetes after Biliopancreatic Diversion and Duodenal Switch Procedure: A Retrospective Analysis from a High-Volume Institution

[摘要] Obesity is a chronic disease. Several metabolic conditions are predisposed from obesity such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease high bloodpressure etc. Early interventions to address obesity and thus reducing the incidence of other comorbid conditions will be beneficial. Recentdata from CDC demonstrates that over 40% of the US population has obesity [1]. The annual estimated medical cost of obesity was nearly173 billion dollars in 2019. Diabetes currently affects over 37 million people in the US (over 11% of the total population). Medical costs forpeople with diabetes are over 327 billion dollars [2]. So clearly early intervention has huge health and economic benefit.

[学科分类] 药理学