For anyone who has had gastric banding, following the low-carb lifestyle is a logical choice. For those of you who are not familiar with the band, like my colleague who told me that she didn’t …

A mother and daughter have lost more than 24 stone between them after having gastric bypass operations.
Natalie Cox reached 25 stone by the age of 15 after tucking into more than 7,500 calories a day. …

Does weight loss surgery lead to better sex? It certainly could, especially for men suffering from obesity-related erectile dysfunction. A clinical study recently published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine showed that obese men with …

Chelsey Lewis answers some common questions relating to Gastric Bypass Surgery.
The results of Chelsey’s Gastric Bypass surgery.

For two years, she told the world her dramatic weight loss was the result of nothing more than iron will, exercise and healthy eating. But now This Morning presenter Fern Britton has confessed she reduced …

The gastric bypass is a surgical operation that results in enhanced satiety after a small meal. There is a marked reduction in the size of the stomach to a small stomach pouch. None of the …

Severely obese people can lose 10 years from their life, researchers found: the same effect as long-term smoking.
Almost one in four people in Britain are now obese, official statistics show, and experts predict that the …

The number of patients requiring operations for painful kidney stones has risen by one third in five years, driven in part by the growing obesity crisis, experts have warned.
More and more patients are having to …

Thousands of women and men are undergoing weight loss surgery every year all over the world. You can’t help but notice the growing popularity of weight loss surgery. We see it everywhere. We’ve watched television …

The Gastric Sleeve (sleeve gastrectomy) operation is a surgical procedure that combines the reliable weight loss and low maintenance of the gastric bypass with the simplicity of gastric banding.
The sleeve gastrectomy reduces the size of …

A MUM-OF-FIVE who has lost 12 stones in a year after having a gastric band operation has praised the surgeon who changed her life.
Louise Thomas, 41, spoke out following an inquest into the death of …

New plans have been unveiled by the government to help employees suffering from stress in the workplace caused by the economic downturn.
The Department of Health revealed that measures such as talking therapies will be used …