Surgery is not commonly performed on teens.  There are in fact very few doctors that will even consider treating a teen, because chances are they have not actually exhausted all other possibilities, they are more likely to be not emotionally mature and therefore have a breakdown of sorts, and in their lives, binging and otherwise are far more likely just being with their friends.  Plus the body is still in certain stages of development.  So there are quite a few reasons why many doctors resist the idea of performing any kind of weight loss surgery on teens.  However, for those that do, they have conducted certain studies. 

These studies have shown that when performed in extremely obese teenagers, a gastric bypass will actually not only reduce the occurrence of, but actually reverse the signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes.  So it definitely has that benefit.  It should not be ignored that there are serious side effects and problems with surgery, it takes serious lifestyle adjustments and it’s certainly not fool proof, and quite frankly it’s extremely expensive.  It only controls your appetite, and it takes counseling.  If you don’t eat right, you will either gain all the weight back, or you won’t lose any weight in the first place.  So if you’re not ready to be serious about it, while it’s actually the health and diet changes that are forced upon people when they use this surgery method that help you to reverse type 2 diabetes, you will only end up causing more problems for yourself.