Weight loss surgery, such as gastric bands and bypasses, has proven to be good for the heart in many ways. A study has found that obese people are twice as likely to find love after weight loss surgery.
However, there is a downfall as well. The study revealed that patients who are already married are a third more likely to divorce after having the surgery.
Weight loss surgery also helps with cutting the risk of getting a heart attack and diabetic complications.
Swedish researchers analysed the social impact of weight loss surgery by using data from one study of 3,900 obese people tracked roe a decade, and one of 300,000 tracked for five years.
In the first group, patients who had the surgery were twice as likely to start a relationship as those who had not, with 35% of them finding love. In the second group, patients who had the weight loss surgery were 35% more likely to start a relationship, with and 15% doing so after four years. The study found that the more weight people lost, the more likely they were to start a relationship.
In the journals JAMA Surgery, researchers wrote, “For the person with obesity who are single, a better chance of finding a partner might be added as yet another positive association of bariatric surgery-induced weight loss.”
NHS carries out about 6,000 operations per annum. However, more than a million people are eligible for the surgery in Britain, which costs £6,000. The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) considers it to be one of the mos cost-effective treatments.
