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According to the findings of a case-matched study, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) provides superior, more rapid weight loss than gastric banding (GB) and results in lower long-term complication and comorbidity rates, although it is associated with a higher early morbidity rate….

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.3 Individual Interventions (Part 2 of 2) Process of change Diabetes poses considerable demands on the young person’s coping, self-esteem, mood and quality of life.

Diabetes patients are more susceptible to the development of atherosclerosis than non-diabetics and insulin therapy might help repair atherosclerotic lesions in diabetic patients….

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.3 Individual Interventions (Part 1 of 2) Despite the benefits of these family-based programs, they pose a challenge for working with older adolescents if their parents do not come to clinic or for young people in families …

Insulin, glucagon-like peptide-1 positively linked in diabetes patients following gastric bypass surgery….

Gastroparesis may not be as common among people with diabetes as had previously been thought.…

GLP-1 receptors are widely expressed in CV, adipose, hepatic, and renal tissue. High-affinity GLP-1 receptors are present in autonomic nuclei that control CV functions, and have been isolated in rodent and human cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and vascular smooth muscle cells….

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.2 Familial Interventions (Part 1)  First, the descriptive literature of the family environment in supporting the young person with diabetes is probably the most extensively researched area on adolescent and childhood diabetes.

The regulation of food intake is a complex process involving psychologic, social, and physiologic components. Physiologically, it is generally assumed that food intake is regulated by a central feeding drive that is later counterregulated by peripheral satiety signals that are activated during a meal. These satiety signals have been suggested …

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Adolescents   2.1 Introduction- Recurrent ketoacidosis Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the single most common cause of mortality in individuals with type 1 diabetes under the age of 40.21