Wendy Carpenter is now post op day 58 after her gastric bypass operation at Vita Clinics (www.vitaclinics.co.uk). I was able to eat one whole egg today (hurrah!) and am now due my 2 months ‘MOT’ …

Hospitals in Leicester are planning to take on extra staff to cope with the number of obese patients having weight-loss surgery.
It comes as the number of patients going under the knife in a last-ditch effort …

The NHS could save billions of pounds by tackling the obesity crisis with routine gastric band operations on overweight patients, a leading world expert has revealed in Birmingham.
Australian Prof John Dixon has helped curb surging rates …

A HEAVYWEIGHT bride who ate 18 bags of crisps a day lost six stone with a gastric band – to fit into a wedding dress.
Faye Wells, 33, was a size 24 and weighed 15st when …

After decades of unsuccessful dieting, TV presenter Jay Hunt, 44, opted for a radical gastric bypass. One year on she has lost more than five stone and gone from a size 22 to a 12-14. …

A DEDICATED surgeon who has devoted his career to setting the highest standards of health care for his Moray patients has bowed out of the operating theatre.
After 25 years as senior consultant surgeon at Dr …

Living large is what Keith Kunzig is all about. Keith and Debbie Kunzig, also known as ‘Big Nasty’ and ‘Mrs. Nasty,’ have shed a combined 277 pounds in the past three years.
As a kid playing …

Lap-Band surgery is not the type of procedure one might expect to be covered by worker’s compensation. But, an Indiana pizza shop is being forced to pay for a worker’s weight loss surgery in addition …

Children born to moms who had the procedure before pregnancy have healthier hearts and less risk of obesity than their siblings born before the mom had surgery.
An overweight woman who has weight-loss surgery before becoming …

Wendy Carpenter is now on day 51 post op after her gastric bypass surgery at Vita Clinics (www.vitaclinics.co.uk). Wendy has now lost almost 4 stone (41.9 lbs) since her pre-op diet. Her BMI is now …