Gastric Bypass May Lead To Better Rate Of Diabetes Remission.

MedPage Today  (6/13, Kaiser) reports, "Although two bariatric surgery techniques resulted in similar weight loss, the one that shaved more belly fat led to a better rate of diabetes remission," according to research presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting. "Moderately obese patients with uncontrolled diabetes who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy had similar weight loss as judged by their body mass index (BMI) at two years: 27.4 versus 28.2 kg/m2," the study found. However, there was a "significantly larger decrease in abdominal fat by those who had bypass surgery, compared with sleeve gastrectomy (15.9% versus 10.1%)," researchers reported.