The report also uncovered an even more worrying trend gastric band surgery is not always guaranteed to result in permanent weight loss. Gastric banding only reduces the amount of solid food that can be consumed in one sitting, it does not restrict liquid in take.
There have been increased stories in recent years of people gaining weight after gastric band operations because they start to liquidize junk food so that they can eat it. Along with eating melted ice-cream and blended chocolate bars, people liquidize curries, fries and even pizzas. It seems that people with a large appetite will always want to eat more and this adds some weight to the idea that some cases of obesity do have a genetic cause.
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