OMG this!…I cannot fathom why doctors support this - hospitalization and invasive procedures are not to be taken lightly. The risks of infections and unintended consequences massively outweigh (pun intended) the benefit especially when we have* proven safe methods of weight loss!* Bloody hell, how hard is it to be hungry for a couple of hours a day? Wait, no one has to be hungry…how hard is it to eat low calorie / high fiber food? They could eat 10 kilos of lettuce a day and never have an "empty" stomach and still only get 1500 calories!