‘A Big Deal’: Weight Loss Surgery Reported To Lower Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke By 39% In Diabetics

While some diabetes' experts disagreed with the findings, an editorial accompanying the paper Monday in JAMA suggested that weight-loss surgery should be the preferred treatment for Type 2 diabetes in certain patients with obesity. The report's authors stress the findings must be confirmed in clinical trials. News on weight loss also looks at conversations to have with children about healthy eating.

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