Dr Abhishek Katakwar Bariatric surgeon at AIG

Bariatric surgery is now accepted as the best and most effective treatment for morbid obesity. About 65 percent of all bariatric surgery patients are able to lose their excess weight and keep it off for more than five years.
More than 30 co-morbid conditions are associated with morbid obesity, the most serious of which are hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, obstructive sleep apnea, and degenerative joint disease.
Bariatric surgery is not only successful for weight loss, but also for preventing, improving or resolving type 2 diabetes. Recent studies demonstrate that bariatric operations, particularly gastric bypass, can achieve a resolution rate as high as 83 percent, rendering these patients normoglycemic. Other studies have shown that patients with a BMI as low as 30 may have a successful resolution of diabetes with gastric bypass surgery or gastric banding.