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. …

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 …

Losing weight hasn’t just brought health benefits for three Yuma women: it’s caused people to do a double take because they don’t even recognize them anymore.
Myra Garlit, Barbara Rochester and René Sonoqui have all had …

Wendy Carpenter is now on day 44 post op after her gastric bypass surgery at Vita Clinics.
Read more of Wendy’s diary here.

Wendy Carpenter is now on day 38 post op after her gastric bypass surgery at Vita Clinics (www.vitaclinics.co.uk) – Wendy has lost 2 stone 8 pounds (16.4 kilos) since her pre op diet.
“Back to work again. …

WATCHING shows like The Biggest Loser, you can’t help but be impressed at the astonishing weight loss some people achieve.
But you also notice a side effect of that achievement – excess skin.
Dr David Smith, director …