Bariatric Surgery May Be Better Than Medical Therapies For Severely Obese Teens With T2D,

reports that researchers found, after “comparing participants from the Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS) versus Treatment Options of Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth (TODAY),” that “adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery had several improved health outcomes compared to those who received either stand-alone metformin, combination therapy or lifestyle intervention.” The data indicated that “after 2 years, mean HbA1c significantly dropped from 6.8% to 5.5% (95% CI 6.4%-7.3%) in those who had surgery compared with an increase from 6.4% to 7.8% in nonsurgical patients (6.1%-6.7%).” Meanwhile, “BMI had similar outcomes, with an average drop of 29% (24%-34%) from baseline BMI for surgical patients versus a 3.7% (0.8%-6.7%) increase in those involved in the TODAY trial.” https://www.medpagetoday.com/endocrinology/diabetes/71709