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Matilde Rubio-Almanza1, Rosa Cámara-Gómez1, Juan Francisco Merino-Torres1
1Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, España; Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Endocrinología, Nutrición y Dietética Clínica, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, España.
Abstract:
The prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide over the past decades. Obesity is associated with multiple comorbidities, such as type 2 diabetes, that generates a great impact on health and economy. Weight loss in these patients leads to glycemic control so it is a target to achieve. Lifestyle changes are not effective enough and recently other treatments have been developed such as bariatric/metabolic surgery, as well as drugs for type 2 diabetes and antiobesity drugs. The aim of this review is to compare the results in weight reduction and glycemic control of the different kinds of drugs with bariatric / metabolic surgery's results in type 2 diabetes.
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