Press release

Results released today by leading Weight-loss Surgery experts The Hospital Group, show an astounding success in the amount of weight lost by patients who have had a Gastric Band fitted since the beginning of 2007.

In January 2007 the Hospital Group fitted 114 Gastric Bands to their obesity patients. Since that period every single patient lost weight ranging from 12kg (just under 2 stone) to an incredible 59.7kg (over 9 stone)!

The average weight loss was 21.6kg (3.4 stone), the equivalent to 86 packs of lard, demonstrating that a Gastric Band is a now a proven and clearly effective method of long term weight-loss management. The Gastric Band is placed around the top of the stomach, decreasing its size and therefore filling it with food a lot quicker than normal. The food is then passed gradually through the Gastric Band to be digested naturally.

And the proof of the success is clearly evident in the many patients who have had the device fitted this year…. A great example of effective weight-loss is Josephine Cottle from Leicestershire who had her Band fitted on 13th January 2007. She originally weighed 19.2 stone and has already lost an incredible 6.4 stone in less than a year – over and above the average decrease.

Josephine said, “I had tried almost every method of loosing weight: Weight Watchers, Slimming World, joining a gym, going to see dieticians, Slimfast, Atkins, and my GP….I comfort ate and I couldn’t do normal things, I was too obese. I would recommend the surgery to anyone…it has been a life changing decision, that has made me want to live my life to the max”.

The Gastric Band is not a quick fix solution but with a controlled diet, exercise and healthier lifestyle, the Band provides a highly successful and efficient means of weight loss for those clinically obese, helping restore them back to a safe weight and healthier lifestyle.

With obesity clearly on the increase in the United Kingdom, the Gastric Band will surely only increase in both popularity and usage as a recognised means of controlling obesity in the 21st Century.

For further information about weight loss surgery contact the UK’s leading provider, The Hospital Group website www.thehospitalgroup.org Free Phone: 0800 138 3055