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Obesity Update 2019

Obesity Update

Debate: Will metabolic surgery replace pharmacotherapy for the treatment of t2 diabetes?

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Very low calorie diets for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and obesity are a waste of time -DEBATE

Tan Tricia , Tahrani Abd

Very low calorie diets (VLCD) have been a time-honored means of losing weight for many decades. The DiRECT trial has put VLCD back in the limelight and now NHS England and Scotland have committed resources to piloting VLCD as an intervention for Type 2 diabetes. Is this premature, or is it the solution for the tsunami of Type 2 diabetes that we face? Prof Tricia Tan and Dr Abd Tahrani will debate the utility of VLCD in the treatment paradigm of Type 2 diabetes....