article_snippet: In a Spanish study, 22 patients reported feeling full faster after the procedure and, after a year, had lost an average 62 per cent of 22 patients excess weight.
article_snippet: Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, says:
article_snippet: Meanwhile, obese adults who lose at least 5 per cent of obese adults who lose at least 5 per cent of their body weight body weight will feel and sleep better, according to research from the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S.
article_snippet: In a two-year study involving 390 obese adults following a variety of weight-loss programmes, those who lost at least 5 per cent of those who lost at least 5 per cent of their weight at six months weight at six months managed to sleep 21.6 minutes more than at those who lost at least 5 per cent of their weight at six months heaviest.
article_snippet: Those who lost less weight had only 1.2 minutes more sleep each night.
article_snippet: Similarly, patients who lost more than 5 per cent reported improvements to patients who lost more than 5 per cent symptoms of depression, compared with participants who lost less than 5 per cent.