Weight Loss Surgery: Getting Thin Abroad

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Alexandra Hollywell-Rolfe

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BBC Three - Weight Loss Surgery: Getting Thin Abroad

BBC Three investigates weight loss surgery abroad and asks if it’s safe.

BBC Three investigates if it’s safe to travel abroad for life-changing weight loss surgery.

The demand for weight loss surgery has boomed in recent years. Whether it’s a gastric sleeve, band or bypass, all are touted on social media as ways to shed the pounds. Increasingly, UK patients are choosing to travel abroad, to places like Turkey, for the surgery. BBC Three investigates why that’s the case and how safe it is to undergo such huge operations abroad. Presented by Alex Hollywell-Rolfe. 

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