Heightened Awareness Of Obesity Supports Greater Uptake Of Related Surgery Devices

The bariatric surgery malpractice crisis grows.

"A large pool of patients in Europe who have tried different alternatives but have been unsuccessful in losing excess weight are adopting obesity surgery. Growing awareness and the identification of this condition as a disease and not just an outcome of lifestyle have created a relatively strong market for these procedures. Such trends have provided a fillip to the uptake of related obesity surgery devices.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan , European Markets for Obesity Surgery Devices, finds that the markets earned revenues of $119 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach $374 million in 2014."

The one "alternative" they did not try was eating fewer Calories than they burned.