Obesity is now recognised as a disease that is associated with serious morbidity and
increased mortality. One of its main metabolic complications is type 2 diabetes, as the two …

People with obesity commonly face a pervasive, resilient form of social stigma. They are
often subject to discrimination in the workplace as well as in educational and healthcare …

Objective The development of these updated clinical practice guidelines (CPG) was
commissioned by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity …

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

Background Metabolic–bariatric surgery delivers substantial weight loss and can induce
remission or improvement of obesity-related risks and complications. However, more robust …

Objective: To construct and validate a scoring system for evidence-based selection of
bariatric and metabolic surgery procedures according to severity of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) …

Several bariatric operations originally designed to promote weight loss have been found to
powerfully treat type 2 diabetes, causing remission in most cases, through diverse …

Since the 2007 Diabetes Surgery Summit in Rome, Italy, and the subsequent publishing of
the world's first guidelines for the surgical treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D), much new …

Background The duodenum has become a metabolic treatment target through bariatric
surgery learnings and the specific observation that bypassing, excluding or altering …

Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver
disease worldwide. The increasing prevalence of NAFLD mirrors that of obesity and type 2 …