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Weight Loss Surgery: Getting Thin Abroad

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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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28 minutes

Last on

Wed 29 Mar 2023 01:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News UK HD & UK only

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Presenter Alexandra Hollywell-Rolfe
Producer Ashni Lakhani
Editor Brandon Brown
Executive Producer Gail Champion
Executive Producer Noel Titheradge
Production Manager Jon Briest

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