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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Bariatric Surgery Safe, Effective for Lower-BMI Patients With Diabetes

By Christina Frangou

Los Angeles—It’s been a decades-long effort to have bariatric surgery accepted as a safe, effective treatment for people who are morbidly obese.

Now, a new study presented at ObesityWeek 2015 suggests that bariatric procedures also should be considered a safe, effective treatment for people who have type 2 diabetes and are overweight or mildly obese.