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Health Matters 6/25: Weight-Loss Surgery Can Help Treat Diabetes
By Wai-Yip Chau, MD Did you know that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nine out of 10 people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese? In fact, obesity is one of the main risk factors for type 2 diabetes, which affects more than 34 million adults in…