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. …

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 …

Follow the story of  Wendy Carpenter who will be undergoing gastric bypass surgery at Vita Clinics next month in June 2009.
Here’s her story…

Between us, my husband Barry and I weighed almost 50 stone. Barry …

Last week, I settled down for a lazy midweek evening in front of the TV and scanned the channels to consider my choices.
On BBC1, there was a documentary called Fix My Fat Head, a video …

Alli is the first over-the-counter weight loss pill and has gone on sale in chemists across the UK this month. It’s actually not a new diet drug since the pill has been available here in …

TWENTY NHS patients have travelled to Birmingham from Northern Ireland to receive specialist treatment for obesity at a private clinic.
Vita Clinics in Edgbaston has opened its doors to offer six-month weight management courses, for £500, …

Tense, aching muscles are an all too common side-effect of the daily grind. A soothing, relaxing massage sounds like just the thing to smooth away those pent-up tensions.
Yet for most people in busy offices and …

The gastric bandits: How women risk weight-loss surgery abroad because they’re not fat enough to have it here.
Jilly Trela and I first met in a Bristol tea room. The Victoria sponge looked quite tempting and …

Fern Britton is to appear on the BBC’s Question Time.
The popular TV host – who has recently slimmed down after being at the centre of a row when it was disclosed she’d had a gastric …

Television presenter Fern Britton has caused controversy after it was revealed that her recent weight loss followed a gastric band operation, and was not simply down to dieting and exercise.
But how does a gastric band …

A reduction in the time people spend asleep could partly account for soaring obesity rates, a study has revealed.
Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that hormonal changes caused by lack of sleep could …

SUZANNE Gregory cuddles the £8,000 baby she thought she would never have – after weight-loss surgery cured her of infertility.
The 36-year-old, from Bradwell, near Sheffield, who tipped the scales at 19 stone, was told by …