Day in, day out, millions of people like you are trying to reduce
and control
their weight.
For some, reducing the intake of food and
increasing activity
levels is not an effective solution.
Research
has shown that medical and surgical intervention can provide a
proven
long term solution to both morbid obesity, and obesity.
Obesity is a disease. Being seriously overweight represents a major threat to your long-term health.
A body mass index of 40+ means you have just a 1 in 7 chance of a normal life-expectancy.
People with morbid obesity have double the risk of dying prematurely as those of healthy weight.
One in five British people are obese
Obesity-related diseases lead to over 30,000 deaths a year in England.
Obesity rates rising among children
Obesity is the epidemic of the 21st Century.
By 2010, 12 million adults and one million children will be obese.
If you have tried everything to lose weight, but can't, weight loss surgery could be the answer