Laura Johnson, 42, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, says she tried every 'faddy diet' under the sun during her 10 year long ...

This surgery is done by making several small incisions and using small instruments and a camera to guide the surgery (laparoscopic approach). More than half of your stomach is removed, leaving a thin ...

After weight loss surgery, your body goes through big changes. Not only do you lose weight, but the way your body takes in ...

Sleeve gastrectomy: This surgery is effective for weight loss but may not have as big of an effect ... After surgery, the diet will be expanded slowly. A liquid diet will be followed by a soft diet ...

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a new non-surgical bariatric procedure that achieves a similar effect as gastric sleeve surgery. ESG requires no incisions or cutting into ... those associated ...

A full liquid may transition you from a clear liquid diet following a gastrointestinal surgery or injury. It may also help if ...

One said: "You need to gain 6.7kg to have sleeve surgery. I think you can easily eat some food and then lose weight easily." Another asked: "How soon can you gain weight?" Dr Ahmed says the ...

A clear liquid diet is often prescribed before a patient undergoes gastrointestinal procedures such as colonoscopies or endoscopies. Strictly consuming clear liquids reduces residue in the ...

Our aim was to compare the effect of probiotics vs placebo on hepatic, inflammatory and clinical outcomes following laparoscopic sleeve ... loss, diet, exercise, and bariatric surgery on ...

A woman who ballooned to 374lbs says her morbidly obese body had become a prison, leaving her unable to perform even the most ...

Bariatric surgery can lead to dramatic weight loss. How much you lose depends on a couple of things-- your commitment to diet and exercise ... band and gastric sleeve. Other types of surgeries ...

Weight loss surgery can be lifesaving for some people who have a lot of weight to lose and need more than diet and exercise. If you're thinking about metabolic/bariatric weight loss surgery ...