The obesity-diabetes pandemic is a devastating contemporary public health issue that for decades has been steadily on the rise. As knowledge and experience have been progressively acquired, numerous strategies and techniques for its management have arisen. Currently, only surgical treatment offers significant and durable results in terms of weight loss, and remission or improvement of comorbidities. With the objective of offering less invasive alternatives, several endoscopic devices have been introduced. Only the endoscopic duodenal-jejunal liner effectively simulates the bypass component of certain bariatric procedures. Initially designed for weight loss, this endoluminal artifact later proved to also provide a powerful metabolic effect. Although it is still in an investigational phase, the device is a promising tool for the treatment of obesity.Two modern pandemics, obesity and diabetes, are considered the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality in the 21st century.There is a strong association between obesity and diabetes and they need to be managed in tandem for many patients.Bariatric surgery has proven to be the only durable effective therapy for patients with severe obesity and related comorbidities.Procedures that bypass the foregut and deliver the nutrients directly to the distal bowel have a favorable metabolic effect on glucose homeostasis.Several novel endoscopic therapies are available for the treatment of morbid obesity. Only the endoscopic duodenal-jejunal liner has been designed to replicate the effect of the surgical duodenal-jejunal bypass.Although promising, the endoscopic duodenal-jejunal liner is still an investigational device.