Professor Chris Hawkey, president of The British Society of Gastroenterology has warned that if we carry on as we are, nine out of ten adults will be obese by the year 2050.
Speaking at the Gastro 2009 conference, he suggested that fad diets are making us fatter. He said “In the whole of human history there has never been anything quite like this. If current trends continue, obesity will be the main cause of death and the biggest cause of liver disease. Fad diets, such as high carbohydrate or high protein plans, can be extremely unhealthy and won’t work in the long term. Weight loss aids, such as appetite suppressants, may produce short term results but the weight soon creeps back on”.
Daily Express
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NOSC patients are, without exception, yo-yo dieters. The majority have tried many different ‘diets’ over the years and they have all ended up much heavier than they were in the first place. It could be said that they have dieted their way up in weight. At the point in their lives where they choose the intervention of a gastric balloon or a gastric band, they have come to realise that the only way forward is to get off the diet bandwagon once and for all.
The vast majority of people who have a gastric balloon inserted or a gastric band fitted, embark on a life changing mission. They find that they can control their portion sizes, they can change their behaviour around food, they don’t have to starve themselves and they can gain control. As they lose their weight, they will follow a healthy, nutritional diet but will also learn how to enjoy ‘forbidden’ foods in moderation.
At last – no more diets!