A fire engine lifts or helps an obese patient almost every day, new figures show, in calls which have cost the authorities £4million over the past five years.
The latest statistics reveal the burden placed on …

Dr Francesco Gallo, a consultant paediatrician, who underwent a gastric bypass in 2006 has experienced profound improvements in several aspects of his life since he reduced his body mass index by nearly half, from 47 …

LAST-DITCH operations to save morbidly obese Scots from eating themselves to death have quadrupled in just four years, it has been revealed.
State-funded operations for weight-loss surgery such as gastric bands and stomach reductions are increasing …

The use of gastric surgery to treat obesity and its medical complications should be greatly expanded, the BA Festival of Science in Liverpool heard on Monday.
Clinical researchers told the meeting, organised by the British Association …

One of Britain’s top surgeons is considering taking legal action over the “rationing” of life saving obesity surgery on the NHS. 
Professor John Baxter said that the health service was putting patients lives at risk by …

Vita Clinics very own Carel Le Roux, Bariatric Physician Adviser and world leader in metabolism, features in Horizon’s Why are Thin People Not Fat? (BBC2, 9pm, 26 January). This is a controversial overeating experiment that …

Dr. Jawad has been performing Bariatric Surgery in Central Florida since 1984, and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery since 1999, having completed over 2000 Bariatric Surgical Cases safely, and with great success. Here you can watch Dr. …

The most common form of diabetes disappears in nearly 80 percent of obese diabetics after weight-loss surgery, researchers said in a study that strongly affirmed the benefits of the operations.
Obesity raises the risk for type-2 …