In
the Press
Please find below a selection of recent
articles that have featured Streamline Surgical. For
further press information please contact us on press@streamline-surgical.com
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December 11 - 'I felt disgusted with myself'
Case study Lisa Longhurst's weight loss story was included in a 'real life' story in Bella magazine.
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December 11 - Our Kids go Large
Following the National Child Measurement Programme, Shaw's comments on childhood obesity were featured in the 'my view' section.
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November 11 - This article investigates if a dietitian from Channel 4's The Food Hospital can help a writer from The Guardian control her painful migraines
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November 11 - This article investigates how Karen and Callum beat psoriasis after watching Channel 4 series The Food Hospital with surgeon Shaw Somers
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November 11 - Streamline surgeon Shaw Somers comments on the increase in under 18's having weight loss surgery
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October 11 - An extract from The Food Hospital recipe book, co-written by Shaw Somers from Streamline Surgical, features in the Daily Express. |
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October 11 - With more than 7,000 people a year having gastric band and bypass surgery on the NHS, it's now seen by the medical profession as an effective way to fight obesity. Andréa Childs meets 13 women who are delighted by the results.
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July 11 - Gastric band patient, Hayley Simpson, describes how weight-loss surgery helped to turn her life around and help her lose over 7 and half stone.
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June 11 - Shaw Somers from Streamline Surgical, the leading weight loss surgeon will be appearing on Channel 4 Embarrassing Bodies: Live From the Clinic. Shaw will be able to discuss gastric bypass, gastric bands, lap bands and other surgical weight loss options.
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June 11 - Should the over 60s be bannned from having gastric surgery?
Patient of Streamline Surgical Madeleine Clarke spoke to The Daily Mirror about her decision to have gastric bypass surgery.
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May 11 - Why I let TV film the world's fattest man
Streamline Surgical Surgeon Shaw Somers talks about why he let TV film the world's fattest man.
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April 11 - Guy Slater: 'At 41, he was so obese, he would have died within a
year or two'
I am a bariatric surgeon specialising in obesity surgery. One patient, a 41-year-old chap, came to me two years ago. He weighed 42 stone and he was about 5ft 10in, so his BMI was around 82. A normal BMI is below 25.
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19.04.11 - “I didn’t think I would see 60”
Gastric bypass case study Madeleine Clarke features in the magazine discussing her surgery and weight loss journey.
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March 11 - Dying for a gastric band?
Streamline Surgical Surgeon Shaw is credited as the leading bariatric surgeon who operated on patient Paul Mason at St Richards, Chichester. Click here to read more |
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February 11 - Obese will bankrupt NHS
This article investigates Britain’s growing obesity problem, which is on the verge of bankrupting the NHS.
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January 11 - Suddenly Skinny, Sexy and Confused
Depression, fear, shame, isolation – dramatic weight loss isn’t as simple as it sounds. Five women talk frankly about life as a thin person. Streamline Surgical case study Lizzie Lee features in the publication discussing her own weight loss story.
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January 11 - I lost 30st...and found romance
WORLD’S fattest man Paul Manson told last night how being dumped by the love of his life made him a compulsive eater whose weight soared towards 70 STONE. Patient of Shaw Somers Paul Mason speaks exclusively to the Sun about his battle to lose weight and gastric bypass surgery.
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December 10 - We lost 13st between us
Gastric band patient, Karen Baker, features as one of three women who have achieved their dream body and describes her journey with gastric band surgery with Streamline Surgical.
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December 10 - My husband bought me a whole new body
Patient of Shaw Somers and Streamline Surgical carol Bowen Ball shares her weight loss surgery story with this weekly magazine.
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August 10 - Surgeon Hosts party for slimmers...But only serves snacks
A feature on the Streamline Surgical annual tea party and three patients featured in this national newspaper.
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September 10 - How much would you pay for a good body?
Gastric bypass patient Carole Wild tells Good Housekeeping how she has come to have the body of her dreams following bariatric surgery with Streamline Surgical.
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August 10 - “This Hoilday snap changed my life forever”
Gastric band patient, Melanie Palmer, tells Company magazine how she came to have the surgery and how her life has changed since the operation with Guy Slater. Click here to read more |
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July 10 - How Britain Battles Obesity Epidemic
Patient of Streamline Surgical Emma Copus spoke exclusively to The Sun about her decision to have gastric bypass surgery.
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June 10 - ‘It’s one small step from this…
Streamline Surgical patient, Maria Pearson, tells Prima magazine the battle she had with her weight throughout her life and how weight loss surgery turned her life around. Click here to read more |
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11.04.10 - Fed up with her bulge, hairdresser Kim Smith took drastic to slim down…
Streamline Surgical past patient, Kim Smith, tells her amazing story following gastric bypass surgery with Shaw Somers and her new fabulous figure! Click here to read more |
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01.04.10 - Flying high…
Gastric bypass patient, Emma Holmes, describes how weight-loss surgery helped to turn her life around and help her lose over half her body weight. Click here to read more |
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16.03.10 - Our £60k nip & tuck bodies
Carole Wild, a gastric bypass patient, tells this national women’s weekly magazine her journey through weight-loss surgery and subsequent cosmetic surgery.
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02.03.10 - Natural weight loss V surgery
Liz Scotney tells her story before and after a gastric bypass with Streamline Surgical’s Shaw Somers. Click here to read more |
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March/April 10 - ‘Gastric bypass surgery saved my life’
Gary Carter shares his story on how gastric bypass surgery helped him overcome diabetes and lead a normal life. Surgeon Guy Slater provides an explanation.
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04.02.10 - I’m half the women I was?
Teresa Syrett describes her weight
loss journey following gastric bypass surgery and apronectomy
by Shaw Somers. Click here to read more |
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19.01.10 - Carrie McMurray gives details
of her weight-loss journey and how she feels now, including
an amazing photo shoot. |
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23.01.10 – What’s the best way to get thinner?
Read all about past patient Sue Smith in this national paper feature on weight loss surgery. Click here to read more |
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21.01.10 – We all went under the knife
Three sisters who appeared on The Fat Doctor describe their journey going through the surgery together.
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24.10.09 – ‘Fat doctor’ is patients’ last resort
The Weekly News interview
Guy Slater about bariatric surgery. They also
speak with one of his patients Richard Cole about his
recent weight loss surgery. Click here to read more |
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21.10.09 – ‘We had gastric bands on the same day’
Sisters Georgina, Pauline and
Sharon Johnson tell New why surgery was the only way
they could all beat the bulge.
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20.10.09 – ‘We had miracle slimming op on the same day’
Three sisters struggled with
their weight together, until they all decided to take
action. As featured in Fat Doctor.
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8.10.09 – Shedding 20 Stone was a family affair
Streamline Surgical patients
Carole and Hazel share with the Daily Express how their
lives have changed since having bariatric surgery
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4.10.09 – ‘MAKE ME THIN AGAIN’
Fabulous magazine, supplement to the News
of The World go behind the scenes at St Richards Hospital
with Streamline Surgical’ Mr Shaw Somers.
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6.09.09 – Fat can no longer ruin my life
TV presenter Jay Hunt opted for a gastric
bypass and has since lost more than five stone, this four
page article is revealed through her diary.
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10.08.09 – The fat doctor will see you now
Shaw
Somers discusses his life as a bariatric surgeon.
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