What Happens in a Gastric Banding Surgery?

Gastric banding surgery and other medical surgeries can help very overweight people to lose weight. Both gastric bands and gastric balloons usually take under an hour to fit, whereas a gastric bypass takes a couple of hours to complete.

The Department of Health* has said that obesity is one of the biggest health problems in the UK with one in four adults affected. It is not a simple concern to fix as many people have trouble losing weight through both diet and exercise.

Gastric banding is also known as lap banding; this procedure aims to make you feel full after eating a small portion of food. It works by restricting the capacity of your stomach, which leads to eating less and losing weight.

A band is placed around your stomach during the procedure to create two compartments, keeping a narrow opening between the top and bottom so that food can pass through it slowly.…

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