Diabetes affects 9.4% of the total U.S. population (30.3 million people). » 23.1 million people have been diagnosed. » 7.2 million people are unaware they suffer from the disease. » Once exclusively regarded as a weight-loss procedure for patients with severe obesity, mounting evidence over more than 20 years supports metabolic surgery as an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes resulting in improvement or remission in most cases. » Obesity – medically defined as a…