Diabetes is a devastating problem worldwide. As your weight goes up, so does your risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). Uncontrolled diabetes leads to a host of long-term problems including heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure, blindness and the need for amputations.

Nearly all individuals who have bariatric surgery show improvement in their diabetic state. Bariatric surgeries performed in more than 135,000 patients were found to affect type 2 diabetes.

Download the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2017 by the American Diabetes Association.