Weight Loss Surgery Before Cosmetic Surgery

I was recently approached by someone who had a “tummy tuck” operation and had started regaining weight 6 months later. They asked if they could have weight loss surgery. Whilst the answer is probably yes, I would have to say to anyone considering surgery...

Post-Holiday Fitness Drive

Autumn is a time when, having come back from holiday, we start to think about our fitness. Getting back into an exercise routine, healthy eating habit and losing those extra “I’m on holiday” pounds can  prove to be difficult. I have no secrets to...

UK Obesity: Update

The UK Health & Social Care Information Centre has recently published a report updating the information provided by the 2007 Foresight report regarding the prevalence of obesity. As you may recall, Foresight predicted that by 2025, 47% of men and 36% of women...
Breaking Barriers

Breaking Barriers

  Master chef Graham Elliot lost 150 pounds following gastric sleeve surgery, having faced criticism for taking the “easy way out”. Here is what he had to say: “When you get to 400 pounds and you have a family to look after, you realize that it...
Sleeve is Safe

Sleeve is Safe

  A study recently presented in San Diego compared the postoperative outcomes of sleeve gastrectomy to gastric bypass and band patients. Over a period of 6 years, 1492 bypasses, 602 sleeves and 339 gastric bands were performed at the Cleveland Clinic in Florida....