Is the amount of weight loss a key determinant in the remission of diabetes? Does the surgical patient group with LAGB show a four times greater reduction in glycated haemoglobin when compared to the conventional therapy group? Who are the financial underwriters of the study and do they profit from adoption of the results?
A new world-first study by Monash University researchers in Melbourne, Australia, found laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) to have a profound impact on one of society’s biggest health issues - Type 2 diabetes.
This is welcome news for the 2.25 million Canadians with Type 2 diabetes. According to the Canadian Diabetes Association, a person with diabetes is four times as likely to die at age 35 than a 35-year-old without diabetes. Every 12 minutes, a Canadian life is lost to complications from diabetes and the insidious condition costs our economy over $400 per second…
The study, published today in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), found obese patients with Type 2 diabetes who underwent LAGB were five times more likely to have their diabetes go into long term remission, compared with patients who engaged in conventional weight loss therapies, such as a controlled calorie diet and exercise.
The four-year study, which was led by Drs John Dixon and Paul O’Brien from Monash University’s Centre for Obesity Research and Education (CORE), monitored 60 volunteers for two years who underwent significant weight loss of more than 10 per cent of their body weight.
Dr. Dixon said of those who underwent gastric banding surgery, 73 per cent achieved remission for Type 2 diabetes, compared to just 13 percent of the people who underwent conventional therapy…
Professor O’Brien said obesity and Type 2 diabetes were strongly linked and combine to present one of the greatest public health problems facing our community…
Dr. Dixon said the study also found patients who lost substantial weight could not only dramatically reduce their diabetes medications, but also those for controlling blood pressure and lowering blood cholesterol…
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is a medical procedure where a band is placed around a patient’s stomach to reduce appetite and food intake…
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