The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and morbid obesity is increasing steadily around the world. 60% of patients with type 2 diabetes are obese. The term “Diabesity”, coined by Paul Zimmer in 2001, refers to the close relationship between obesity and diabetes.

This metabolic syndrome includes a group of diseases that causes the patient to have a higher vascular risk. In other words, obese patients have a greater risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. These patients usually have DM2, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and obesity.

Bariatric surgery is the best treatment for this metabolic syndrome in obese patients. After surgery, healing often occurs.

Managing or reversing diabetes depends on several factors; the most important ones are the level of obesity, the type of surgery performed and the progression of diabetes.