Going for Weight Loss Surgery? A Little Company May Help!

For all those who had been weighing in on the option of a weight-loss surgery, wait up! Let a fellow family member, colleague or friend decide to take the plunge, and then do it together. Researchers have opined that this will provide better results than you would have expected, and you can enjoy the company as well!

A recent report from American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery has sent in an astounding conclusion from its research on 91 patients going under the knife to shed the flab. The study showed that a large percentage of people lost more weight when undergoing surgery along with a known person than all alone. This was a 30% difference in ones with family members while a whopping 40% when with siblings.



Dr. Slotman, the prime researcher in the study, has quipped that the fact that a same member of the family or friend is undergoing similar trauma and regimen helps cope with the situation. Moreover, mutual encouragement and stricter control over the diet plans help patients stick to Plan A, i.e. maintaining the weight loss program. Absence of such psychological and physical support from external elements is the main undoing factor in the case of weight loss surgery patients going loss.

So if you have an obese member, coax him into the weight loss surgery plan. And laugh your way to a fit figure together!