Weight loss surgeon’s blog
Here we provide regular content on health, nutrition and fitness, as well as the latest guidance on weight-loss treatments and surgery.
Six Million of the UK’s ‘Overweight’ at Risk of Life-Threatening Illness, Through Failiure to Recognise They Are Clinically Obese
This based on a survey conducted by Nuffield Health, which questioned more than 3000 randomly chosen individuals. The...
UK Obesity: Update
The UK Health & Social Care Information Centre has recently published a report updating the information provided...
Breaking Barriers
Master chef Graham Elliot lost 150 pounds following gastric sleeve surgery, having faced criticism for taking...
Sleeve is Safe
A study recently presented in San Diego compared the postoperative outcomes of sleeve gastrectomy to gastric...
Obesity Ops on the Rise
News that obesity rates in the UK have risen, such that approximately 63% of the population are now considered...
Weight Loss Surgery Trending
Two recent developments in the weight loss surgery world deserve mention and discussion. A few months ago, a...
Expert Review of Bariatric Surgery
Who would be better to review weight loss surgery than someone who deals with the dietary aspects of weight loss? This...
Bariatric Surgery Reduces Health Risk
Most patients with diabetes and obesity who undergo gastric bypass not only experience remission of their diabetes and...
Weight Loss Surgery UK Results
The second report of weight loss surgery in the UK has been recently published. 161 surgeons working in 137 hospitals...
Bypass Affects Brain Response to Food
The effects of weight loss surgery have been extensively researched following the success of these interventions in...
Record Breaking Weight Loss Surgery at 2 Years of Age
The medical community and the general population at large were confronted by two stories this week which were...
Where to go for Help on Obesity?
As previously mentioned in my blog, social interaction and sharing of experiences is an essential adjunct to...
Life Expectancy with Obesity
It has been known that obesity and obesity-related health conditions have a negative impact on life expectancy, more...
Weight Loss Surgery Pays for Itself
Following weight loss surgery, obesity related health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnea...
Hurdles Before Weight Loss Surgery
The UK’s National Obesity Forum has criticised a Welsh health board for insisting that severely overweight patients...
Evidence in Favor of Sleeves
Sleeve gastrectomy was originally a procedure that was performed as the first part of a more complex weight loss...
Single Incision Weight Loss Surgery
Advances are being made on the technical front with regards to keyhole surgery. Single incision keyhole surgery...
Bariatric Surgery Improves Fatty Liver
Someone came to see me last year for weight loss surgery and was found on further investigation to have a severe form...
Surgery for Diabetes
Debate regarding weight loss surgery as a primary treatment for patients who are not overtly obese but diabetes has...
Overseas Weight Loss Surgery: False Economy?
There is no doubt that the cost of bands, sleeves and bypass operations on the Continent and overseas is generally...