Why other weight loss treatments
don’t work

Many diets and forms of treatment promise to cause significant weight loss but for the morbidly obese* obtaining and maintaining enough weight loss to improve health by any means other than surgery is rare.

Non-surgical means of weight loss fail because not only do they require daily compliance forever, but also our bodies are designed to fight weight loss. A diet makes your body more efficient in holding on to energy and your brain sends stronger and stronger hunger signals. This explains the difficulty in maintaining a diet and the rapidity with which weight returns after a diet.

The majority of people seeking surgery for weight control have experienced successful short-term weight loss with diets in the past before regaining weight. Regardless of the amount of weight lost, your body will strive to return you to your pre-diet weight.

*BMI greater than 40, or greater than 35 with a co-existing serious health condition.