Experts suggest that overweight and obese people can now reduce their weight by just swallowing a balloon, as it fills their stomach which helps to control their hunger cravings.
Researchers who gathered at the Digestive Disease Week conference reported that, this had helped a group of people to lose twice the amount of weight as others who were on a weight-reduction programme based on diet and lifestyle, reports The Independent.
Digestive Disease Week conference is the world’s largest gathering of experts in the field.
When it comes to losing weight, controlling your hunger is the main key which helps them to reduce their weight. Some even go through operation to reduce the size of their stomach, which makes them feel full after consuming less amount of food. However, some studies reveal that surgery isn’t necessary to achieve this.
“Our research shows that the studied balloon system can help patients lose almost twice as much weight compared with lifestyle changes alone. This is important because weight loss is very difficult and a significant number of people are not successful in achieving their weight loss goals with diet changes and exercise,” said Lead researcher Dr Shelby Sullivan, director of bariatric endoscopy at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis as reported by The Independent.
Approximately 400 from US with BMI between 30 and 40 participated in this study.
These participants were asked to consume three capsules, one a week and each contained an 'Obalon' balloon. These were filled with nitrogen-based gas.
The control group was given sugar capsules and the researchers pretended to fill it with gas. The average weight loss of people in balloon group lost was 6.81 per cent, while the control group lost 3.59 per cent.
