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A newly published study as reported on WebMD Health News shows that weight loss surgery is definitely more effective in reversing type 2 diabetes than non-surgical lifestyle modification programs. In this study, which only included 60 patients with type 2 diabetes, half were treated with weight loss surgery, and the other half were enrolled in a lifestyle-intervention group.

The group that received surgical treatment, specifically laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (also known as lap band surgery), lost up to 20% of their body weight and 73% of them showed no signs of diabetes two years later.

The group that practiced conventional therapy, specifically lifestyle-modification programs that focused on routine diet, exercise, and common diabetes medication, lost only 2% of their body weight and 13% of them showed no signs of diabetes two years later.

Studies like this will hopefully make way for even larger ones, which prove that procedures like Lap Band Los Angeles and other weight loss surgeries are effective ways of reversing the many health problems associated with obesity, aside from diabetes. LapBand Los Angeles patients have also improved on health problems like arthritis, sleep apnea, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

Studies like this have also lead local physicians to encourage that Lap Band Beverly Hills and Los Angeles no longer be a last resort. Surgical weight loss has typically been reserved for only the morbidly obese, however many people not considered obese (BMI index under 35) do actually suffer from obesity-related diseases like diabetes.  and Los Angeles is much safer now than it was just a few years ago. As surgeons master this relatively new procedure, success rates increase dramatically. There is no reason why, according to physicians associated with the study, a fairly overweight person who suffers from obesity-related health issues, should not be able to receive weight loss surgery in order to partake in its many health benefits.

Of course, diet and exercise should still play a main role in those seeking to lose weight and prevent disease. In a way, this type of weight loss surgery can help, since it reduces the size of the stomach and restricts the amount of food a patient can eat. In this way, patients are forced to change their eating habits, consuming only a well-portioned and well-balanced diet. The results of this study can be found in the January 2008 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.

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