All news on the topic: Gastric bands

Simon Parnell tipped the scales at 35 stone at his heaviest and struggled to squeeze into a size 8XL

Effy Murphy achieved a staggering 11-stone weight loss after she underwent gastric sleeve surgery three years ago. Her journey has taken her from being too overweight to be granted a visa to New Zealand to finishing as the runner-up in a top Las Vegas beauty pageant

At her heaviest weight, Sarah Speight, 35, felt too humiliated to ask for a seatbelt extender on a flight and instead pretended she was strapped into the plane seat

Sarah, 35, decided to save for gastric band surgery after realising her 25st frame meant she was too big to fasten her airplane seatbelt while jetting off on holiday last year

Jason Holton died tragically young at the age of 33 with his mum by his side, and his death mirrors the tragic passing of Carl Thompson, Britain's previous heaviest man who died weighing 65 stone

Fern Britton - who has swapped the ITV This Morning sofa for the Big Brother one - underwent gastric band surgery in 2006 and has shared her weight loss journey with fans ever since

Sharon Osbourne looks like a totally different person in an old picture taken when she and husband Ozzy were new parents and before she'd embarked on her many facelifts and procedures

Richard Ribeiro, 44, whose 20-year-old daughter Morgan died after a botched weight loss operation in Turkey, has warned of the risks of travelling abroad for treatments

Allurion, the company behind the pill, said it has been in talks with NHS trusts about rolling out the gastric balloon treatment since it was approved by NICE in 2020

Jon Burt said he and Emma Morrissey jointly decided to look into gastric operations and after hours of online research, they eventually opted for Regenesis Health Travel

The Shameless actress used to be a size 26 but has now slimmed down to a size six after shedding over 12 stone in weight. She has also gone under the knife to lift her face

Paul, 46, says his wife's gastric band operation did wonders for her confidence after struggling with her weight but that the surgery has 'ruined his life' and he now 'feels sick' whenever he hears of them

Former Big Brother star Chanelle Hayes as admitted she felt 'disgusted' and 'guilty' as she candidly opened up on her binge eating disorder following her gastric band

Shannon Bowe, 28, from Denny, near Falkirk, tragically passed away during the procedure on Saturday, March 31 with friends saying they're "totally devastated" by the news

Nicole Wilson had suffered with a binge eating disorder since childhood but after having a gastric bypass surgery she began 'excessive and concerning' drinking

Former footballer Neil 'Razor' Ruddock reckons his sex life with wife Leah is better than ever now that he's ditched the booze and kebabs - and had a gastric sleeve fitted