Study: Obesity surgery reverses diabetes in teens
NEW YORK (AP) — Obesity surgery can reverse diabetes in teens, just as it does in adults, according to a small study.
All but one of the 11 extremely obese teens studied saw their diabetes disappear within a year after weight-loss surgery, the researchers reported. The 11th patient still had diabetes, but needed much less insulin and stopped taking diabetes pills.
Previous studies have shown the diabetes benefits of obesity surgery for adults. Dr. Thomas Inge, a pediatric surgeon at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and his colleagues wanted to find out if the same was true for adolescents.
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on Dec 29th, 2008 and is filed under Children & General Health, Children & Weight Loss, Weight Loss Surgery.
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