Here’s a useful page containing the terms/phrases often associated with weight loss.
Adipose: Fat tissue.
Adjustable Gastric Band: A silicone band that is placed usually laparoscopically around the upper part of the stomach creating a small …

Eating tells the story of two morbidly obese American teenage girls who are about to risk everything, even dying, in a desperate bid to transform their lives.
The cameras follow the teens as they prepare for …

Eating out after Bariatric Surgery, (sometimes referred to as Weight Loss Surgery) needs a little careful planning and thought. Food is an integral part of life and sharing special meals will always be something we …

There is lots of evidence from research about the effects of bariatric surgery on how vitamins and minerals are absorbed from your ‘new digestive system’.
Weight loss surgery works by restricting and / or causing malabsorption …

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 …

THE first couple to have his-and-hers gastric bands fitted on the NHS have jointly lost 14 STONE.
Retired fireman Roy Glencross, 61, and wife Kate, 60, had their £24,000 keyhole ops last June.
Before that he would …

It is early Friday morning on the day surgery ward at Heartlands, Birmingham, the fourth biggest NHS hospital in the UK. Kim Beedie, 50, is one of five patients (the youngest is a 17-year-old girl) …

A Belfast nurse who spent years battling a weight problem and transformed her life by having surgery is using her experience to help patients in a weight management clinic.
Sharon Watterson, who was forced to quit …

A Glasgow surgeon has said that gastric surgery can play a bigger part in the fight against obesity.
Dr Dave Galloway, a consultant surgeon at Gartnavel Hospital, is to tell a conference on obesity that procedures …

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 …

The NHS war chest used to directly tackle obesity in Northamptonshire has had to more than quadruple in the space of three years to cope with an increase in overweight people, new NHS budget figures …

Vita Clinics in Birmingham have added a new service to their portfolio of procedures and services, Skin Reduction Surgery.
People often talk about the benefits of weight loss surgery in terms of feeling healthier and fitter, …