Telegraph, 26th April

A new drug, Alli, has just hit the market with a promise of quick and effective weight-loss.

As the spring is blossoming and the summer with be here soon, everyone would like to look slim and trim. People don’t dress up in warm jumpers and baggy coats any more. Tops and T-shirts are not that forgiving for the figure. Even those who’ve got only a little bit of extensive fat, feel the pressure of losing it and get the flat tummy back.

That’s why Alli can become very popular. How effective and safe it is, though?

MedPage Today, 20th April 2009

It is well known that obese patients who undergo weight-loss surgery benefit not only from losing weight, but their health issues improve significantly.

What’s interesting, even if some patients remain obese, their health problems get better. This argument was confirmed by a study carried on 625 obese patients. All those patients had a gastric bypass surgery and the researches carried out six years after the operation showed that most health problems improved significantly. They were: dyslipidemia, joint pain, sleep apnea, blood glucose, hypertension and gastroesophageal reflux. The study was published in the April “Archives of Surgery�.

Newswise, 15th April 2009

Not only severely obese patients should be allowed weight-loss surgery. Latest researches show that this kind of operation is helpful to moderately obese to lose more weight.

Until now many clinics accepted performing weight-loss operations on patients with body max index (BMI) with 40 or more. The studies show, though, that patients with BMI of 30 and 40, and diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension will benefit from the weight-loss surgery as it will improve their health issues.

Times Online, 5th April 2009

Public awareness and willingness to look good have made weight-loss surgery very popular over the last years. There were 72% more weight-loss procedures in the last months, than a year earlier. Also private clinics notice a boom proceeding twice as more operations. One of the private hospital chains carried 800 weight-loss procedures within five months.

Patients are more aware of the health risks connected with obesity: diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease. The problem is even more serious after studies showing obesity being a growing epidemic in the UK.

Great Falls Tribune, 27th March 2009

Obesity is a big world problem that makes people’s lives difficult. Some people try to lose weight unsuccessfully, using all possible methods.

Krista Freeny is one of them. She tried all possible weight-loss diets. All of them had one fault – the yo-yo effect.

At some point she started researching about batriatic surgery. Firstly, she made a list of pros and cons. She quickly realised that the risk of heart attack, diabetes and stroke is far too much for her. She wanted to enjoy life and see her kids growing which was probably not going to happen.