MBS procedure types include sleeve gastrectomy ... may ask their patients to begin a special preoperative diet 2 or 3 weeks before surgery to shrink the liver and reduce fat in the abdomen ...

especially if improving your diet, becoming more active, and taking medications for weight loss haven’t worked. Two of the most common types of bariatric surgery are gastric sleeve surgery and ...

A MUM-OF-TWO who flew out to Turkey for a weight-loss operation bled to death after the surgery went wrong, an inquest heard.

More weight loss surgery should be offered on the NHS to deter people from travelling abroad for treatment, campaigners have ...

The Dr. Now diet is a restrictive 1,200 calorie-per-day diet designed for people prepping for weight loss surgery. Can it work for anyone else?

The sleeve gastrectomy involves removing a large part of ... for people who are overweight and who have not been able to lose weight with diet, exercise, or medicine. Surgery is generally considered ...

Thomas Kraut, 59, was diagnosed as obese. After 12 years, a doctor finally realized that his rapidly growing belly actually ...

How much you lose depends on a couple of things-- your commitment to diet and exercise before and after surgery and the type ... the gastric band and gastric sleeve. Other types of surgeries ...

Young people with severe obesity who underwent weight-loss surgery at age 19 or younger continued to see sustained weight loss and resolution of common obesity-related comorbidities 10 years later, ...

New research shows adolescents also are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes after gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy ...