Obesity treatment: how does weight loss surgery treat obesity? According to the survey, about 200 million people in China are overweight, more than 60 million people suffer from obesity, of which the adult overweight rate is 22.8%. This shows that the obese population is so huge, so what harm does it do to our body? How does weight loss surgery treat obesity? Below together to understand! Obesity hazards: hypertension: the United States National Institutes of Health in the 1980s found that adult overweight people, the incidence of hypertension is 2.9 times the normal weight. Diabetes: obese people are prone to insulin resistance, insulin resistance makes the body’s uptake and utilization of glucose decreased, sugar metabolism is abnormal, which leads to elevated blood sugar . Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease: cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease mainly includes coronary heart disease, cerebral hemorrhage, etc., which is the first big killer of human life. To abdominal circumference of 100 centimeters for visceral obesity standards, this type of obese people have 50% dyslipidemia. To summarize, to prevent these diseases, weight loss is essential, when the rational choice of weight loss is particularly important. The American Diabetes Association 2009 diabetes treatment guidelines mentioned: BMI ≥ 35kg/m2 adult diabetic patients in the adoption of lifestyle interventions and drug therapy after the disease is difficult to control the situation, should consider surgical treatment. As a scientific method of weight reduction, bariatric surgery has an obvious effect on reducing weight and promoting the normalization of blood glucose. Currently, the main types of clinical weight loss surgeries include adjustable gastric banding surgery, gastric bypass surgery, and sleeve gastrectomy, and patients need to choose the right type of weight loss according to their own needs under the guidance of a professional physician. In addition, for patients with obesity and diabetes, gastric diversion surgery can be chosen, which can change the flow pathway of food, make the high concentration of nutrients enter the distal intestinal tract in advance, stimulate a variety of functions and cell secretion in the distal intestinal tract, increase insulin sensitivity and reduce insulin resistance, promote the proliferation of pancreatic islet cells, and restore pancreatic islet function.