Formulation and interpretation of the Chinese Guidelines for Surgical Treatment of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Obesity and related metabolic diseases have become one of the world's most serious public health problems. Bariatric surgery has gone through a long and difficult development process, from being rejected to gradually recognized, then widely accepted, and finally becoming the "gold standard" for the treatment of morbid obesity with metabolic diseases. Procedures have constantly been improving and evolving as the concept of bariatric surgery has been reappraised. The comparison and selection of different procedures, the emergence of new technologies and treatment methods, and the in-depth study of the mechanism of metabolic weight loss surgery are effectively promoting the rapid development of bariatric surgery. This article looks at both the 2014 and 2019 editions of the Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus from the Chinese Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (CSMBS), its review the development of bariatric surgery, and it describes surgical indications and contraindications, the mechanism of weight loss, and tailored selection of the surgical procedure in order to serve as a reference.