Mater Private: Surgery the final choice for weight loss

MR John Conneely is a consultant surgeon at Mater Private Hospital, Dublin, and has a specialist interest in the management of weight loss and minimally invasive bariatric surgery: “In Ireland today, one in 20 adults have an obesity-related disease such as diabetes, heart disease, sleep apnoea and fertility problems.
"We are quickly becoming the most obese country in Europe. Worldwide it is estimated that as many as 700m people are obese.