A new weight-loss system that works by pumping undigested food out of the stomach, is set to become available in the UK from September.
Despite sounding more like a torture device, the AspireAssist system claims to have helped hundreds of dangerously overweight Americans lose weight in clinical studies.
And now it hopes to do the same for obese Brits.
However, critics have said that rather than tackling obesity, the pump is encouraging people to binge eat and then ‘vomit on demand’.
To have the pump fitted, patients undergo a… Read the full story