Globally, the number of people with diabetes mellitus has quadrupled in the past three
decades, and diabetes mellitus is the ninth major cause of death. About 1 in 11 adults …

Introduction Durability is a key requirement for the broad acceptance of bariatric surgery. We
report on durability at and beyond 10 years with a systematic review and meta-analysis of all …

The American Diabetes Association (ADA)“Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes” includes
ADA's current clinical practice recommendations and is intended to provide the components …

As early as the 1920s, and subsequently in the 1959 Build and Blood Pressure Study (S1. 5-
1) of almost 5 million adults insured between 1934 and 1954, a strong direct relationship …

Abstract The US Preventive Services Task Force has recommended that primary care
clinicians screen all adults for obesity and provide those affected intensive multicomponent …

The American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
convened a panel to update the previous consensus statements on the management of …

Despite the decades-old knowledge that diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for
cardiovascular disease, the reasons for this association are only partially understood. While …

Importance Although metabolic surgery (defined as procedures that influence metabolism by
inducing weight loss and altering gastrointestinal physiology) significantly improves …

Every 5 years, the JAS publishes guidelines for the treatment of dyslipidemia and
atherosclerosis. To date, this society has released four such guidelines. Since 2007, the JAS …

This paper considers the argument for obesity as a chronic relapsing disease process.
Obesity is viewed from an epidemiological model, with an agent affecting the host and …