Boffins Find The Hunger 'Switch'
Daily Star|December 06, 2021
Cheap new op hailed as fast fix for obesity
Nadeem Badshah
Boffins Find The Hunger 'Switch'

Britain's obesity crisis could be solved by turning off people's hunger hormone.

NHS medics are set to test a radical new procedure which blocks blood supply to the top of the stomach.

Lead surgeon Ahmed R Ahmed said: You could go in hungry and come out not hungry.

The 40-minute op can be done in a lunch break with local anaesthetic and stops overeating by switching off the ghrelin hormone.

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