This based on a survey conducted by Nuffield Health, which questioned more than 3000 randomly chosen individuals. The majority of those who thought they were overweight were found to be obese when their BMI was measured. By deduction it is estimated that six million...
The UK Health & Social Care Information Centre has recently published a report updating the information provided by the 2007 Foresight report regarding the prevalence of obesity. As you may recall, Foresight predicted that by 2025, 47% of men and 36% of women...
Master chef Graham Elliot lost 150 pounds following gastric sleeve surgery, having faced criticism for taking the “easy way out”. Here is what he had to say: “When you get to 400 pounds and you have a family to look after, you realize that it...
A study recently presented in San Diego compared the postoperative outcomes of sleeve gastrectomy to gastric bypass and band patients. Over a period of 6 years, 1492 bypasses, 602 sleeves and 339 gastric bands were performed at the Cleveland Clinic in Florida....
News that obesity rates in the UK have risen, such that approximately 63% of the population are now considered overweight or obese have been balanced by news that operations to tackle this phenomenon are equally on the rise. The number of people admitted to hospital...
Two recent developments in the weight loss surgery world deserve mention and discussion. A few months ago, a new gastric balloon which can be swallowed down (see picture), checked with an X-ray and inflated with gas inside the stomach became recently available...
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