Reading Time: 4 minutes Gastric band surgery is proven to be an extremely safe procedure, with mortality rates reported to be around 0.5%. It’s a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure and patients can almost always return home on the same day.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Since 1993, obesity levels have increased in the U.K. from 14.9% to 28.7%, and the percentage of adults who are either overweight or obese has
Reading Time: < 1 minute Here’s a really good article from the BBC. They quote a report by psychologists that states that obesity does not reflect a lack of willpower.
Reading Time: 2 minutes The stories in the papers today merely repeat what we already knew, that as our weight increases, type 2 diabetes increases. Furthermore, this increase in
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday saw a debate on Good Morning Britain where Piers Morgan and Danni Levy advocated for fat-shaming as the cure for obesity. The conversation continued
Reading Time: < 1 minute Weight Loss: 82 lbsCurrent Weight: 380 lbs The weight continues to drop off Natasha despite a few hiccups.
Reading Time: 5 minutes For many people, August bank holiday signifies the end of summer, and like the new year so many people make the promise to themselves, they
Reading Time: 2 minutes The truth is yes, the higher your BMI, the higher your surgical risk. In fact, it is a greater weight that increases risk, but of
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every week we meet new people in clinic who are embarrassed or ashamed about their weight. Very often this can be traced back to the
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you one of those people who simply can’t lose weight no matter how hard you try or perhaps you are confused by why it