1300 people completed a survey asking how they would like to lose their excess weight. Liposuction was the most popular choice with women (34%) followed by gastric banding (26%) and cutting calories (14%).
8% would consider a tummy tuck, 6% would use a combined approach of diet and exercise and 2% said they would exercise more. The survey concluded that 56% of people in the UK would rather lose weight through surgery than the conventional way of eating less and exercising more.
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It was interesting to hear that 26% of those surveyed would opt for a gastric band and 14% would cut calories. However, it is misleading to class tummy tuck and liposuction as weight loss procedures. Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) removes loose skin from the abdomen and the layer of fat underneath. This is not an operation for someone who is generally overweight and the usual requirement is that patients are as close to their normal weight as possible prior to surgery. Liposuction is a procedure for removing areas of spot fat that won’t respond to diet or exercise. Both surgeries will probably offer an actual weight loss of between 2lb and 3lb.
If you are serious about losing weight then try cutting your calories. If that doesn’t work for you, think seriously about a gastric band or a gastric balloon. We know that they work!