Non Surgical Treatments for Obesity

If you are overweight or obese, you may have a number of different reasons for wanting to shed excessive weight, such as getting back into sport or being able to play with your children again.

The most common weight loss approach is to eat less, eat sensibly and exercise more. Even small lifestyle changes can translate to great health benefits. However many who lose weight using these methods quickly regain it when the diet ends, which leads to more dieting, replacing meals with special drinks or taking diet pills.

While temporary weight loss can help, the “yo-yo effect” can also make it harder to lose weight in the future. People who are clinically obese may wish to consider surgical weight control solutions when non-surgical treatments have failed.

If you have tried everything to overcome obesity but failed, ask your doctor about long-term weight control solutions.

Laparoscopic gastric banding

Gastric bypass surgery