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Performing obesity surgery could help to resolve type II diabetes, medical experts have claimed.

Currently, some 90 per cent of all patients with type II diabetes are overweight or obese.

However, recent research conducted at the University of Minnesota suggests that obesity surgery may be beneficial to the condition.

Researchers examined 621 studies published between 1990 and April 2006, all of which monitored the impact of such operations on diabetes.

It indicated that 78.1 per cent of people with diabetes benefitted from a complete resolution of their condition.

"This systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrate that bariatric surgery has a powerful treatment effect in morbidly obese persons with type II diabetes," the researchers wrote.

Consequently, the study authors noted that "millions of people" could benefit from the findings.

There are currently over 2.5 million people with diabetes in the UK, according to the charity Diabetes UK.

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This entry was posted on Friday, March 6th, 2009 at 2:00 pm and is filed under Diabetes.