Obesity and insulin resistance are at the centre of most cases of metabolic syndrome (MetS), which may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease approximately 2-fold and type 2 diabetes mellitus approximately 5-fold. Aside from lifestyle intervention and drug therapy, bariatric surgery (BS) is considered a definitive treatment for this disease.

中文翻译：

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肥胖、代谢综合征和减肥手术：叙述性回顾。


肥胖和胰岛素抵抗是大多数代谢综合征 (MetS) 病例的核心，这可能会使患心血管疾病的风险增加约 2 倍，使患 2 型糖尿病的风险增加约 5 倍。除了生活方式干预和药物治疗外，减肥手术（BS）被认为是这种疾病的确定性治疗方法。