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Helen Drops 5 Dress Sizes
Helen Tells Woman Magazine About Her Gastric Band Surgery
Gastric Band Surgery Was Worth Every Penny
My Gastric Band Saved My Life
It’s Never Too Late To Lose Weight!
Duncan loses 10 stones after a Gastric Bypass
Shirley Loses 10 Stones After Gastric Band Surgery
Carol's Gastric Bypass Story
Carol's Gastric Bypass Story - Part 2 - After Surgery!
Richard Is On Top Of The World After Losing 10 Stones
I put an end to yo-yo dieting with a gastric band
Best Weight Loss Letter Ever!
A Gastric Band Cured My Bulimia
Deborah Tells How She Lost 3 Stones In 3 Months
Patricia at 60 years young!
I Work in Catering But I'm Still Losing Weight After A Gastric Band
Surgery Helped Improve My Health And Wellbeing
Sitting Comfortably? I Am After Losing 5½ Stone!
Jemma: Gastric Bypass Brought Out The Real Me!
Suzanne's BPD story
Gastric Band Is Not An Easy Option ….But It’s Worth It!
Gastric Bypass Gave Me My Life Back!
Easyband Star Patient
I'm Loving It
Gastric Band Gives Suzy New Lease Of Life
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Accuracy and reliability of 10 pedometers for measuring steps over a 400-m walk
Measurement of daily walking distance-questionnaire versus pedometer
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News Homepage
Dr Ashton - February 2010 - Obesity Surgery Availability
Dr Ashton - January 2010 - Comment on EndoBarrier
Marina Carew talks to Cambridge Style
Dr Ashton - January 2010- Weight Maintenance
Dr Ashton - November 2009 - Healthier Weight Launch VitaWeight
Dr Ashton - August 2009 - The Dangers of Ketosis When Dieting
Dr Ashton - July 2009 - Gastric Bypass And Risk Of Bone Fracture
Dr Ashton - June 2009 - The Gastric Band: First Choice Procedure for Obesity Surgery
Dr Ashton - May 2009 - More Bad News For Low Carb Diets!
Dr Ashton - April 2009 - Obesity in Women – A Life Cycle of Risk
Dr Ashton - Jan 2009 - Is Obesity Surgery Safe?
Healthier Weight Comment - Gastric Bypass And Kidney Stones – Cause For Concern?
Healthier Weight SILS Patient In The Mail On Sunday
James Tells The Hitchin Advertiser About His Weight Loss
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Ketogenic diets not recomended
Low fat diets come out on top
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Spot reduction of fat - Truth or fiction?
Veg versus non-veg - is there a difference?
Weight maintenance - protein limits regain
Sibutramine (Reductil) in clinical practice
Aspartame
Low Carbohydrate Diets – The Facts
No evidence to suggest low glycaemic index (GI) diets work says Dr David Ashton
Gastric Balloon Articles
International Journal of Obesity 2005
Intragastric balloon for treatment-resistant obesity
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Gastric bypass reduces heart attack risk
Pregnancy following Gastric Bypass
Gastric bypass improves fatty liver
Metabolic risk reduction from gastric bypass
Doctors ill informed re weight loss surgery
Gastric bypass safe in 60 year olds
Support groups improve weight loss
Insurance claims fall post bariatric surgery
Nutritional consequences of surgery
General Health Articles
Overweight people outweigh the hungry
Obesity – another form of prejudice
Obesity Surgery Cures Diabetes
Fit for obesity surgery?
Obituary – Lubomyr Kuzmak
Fertility in obesity - does it only affect women?
Changes in muscle mass during weight loss
Obesity and progression of renal failure
Body mass Index versus waist-to-hip ratio
Link between sleep and weight
Metabolic syndrome - what is it?
Obesity and breast cancer
Metabolic obesity - the hidden epidemic?
Attacking the Obesity Epidemic
Sleep apnoea patients at high risk of depression
Barriers to obesity treatment in primary care
Could weight loss improve asthma?
Obesity and Sleep Apnoea Syndrome
Obesity - where can patients get help?
GPs' views on treating obesity
PCOS and diabetes
One sure way to reduce the risk of cancer
Asthma improvement after obesity surgery
Gastric Band Articles
Insurance claims fall post bariatric surgery
Study Of Gastric Band Patients 12 Years On
Impact of obesity surgery on menstruation
Gastric banding and the six minute walk test
Nutritional consequences of surgery
Lap band improves quality of life
Lap band versus weight loss programme?
Lap Gastric Banding In Adolescents
Sweet eaters do well after lap-banding
Effect of lap banding on sleep
Lap band safe during pregnancy
Lap banding improves reflux
Daily Mail TAGB article
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Dr Ashton - Comment on EndoBarrier
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Diet and physical activity affects bones
Exercise vs healthy eating, which is better?
Steps to better health
Physical activity and abdominal fat
Physical activity reduces abdominal fat
The inverse relationship between number of steps per day and obesity in a population-based sample
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