Edit Controversial slimming device

<p>Simply inserting a tube into someone’s stomach that allows them to gorge themselves and then ‘empty a portion of the stomach contents into the toilet’ does absolutely nothing to address the root cause of the issue. If we do not address the underlying cause, the problem will only persist.</p> <p>Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum sums this up well in the Daily Mail. ‘I cannot believe that we have now invented a gadget that allows people to make gluttons of themselves and eat like pigs and not suffer the consequences’ ‘it sends out every wrong signal in the book about healthy eating’ describing the device as nothing short of ‘vomit on demand’.</p> <p>The most common side effects of the AspireAssist include abdominal discomfort and constipation/diarrhoea with less common side effects including anaemia, infection and buried bumper syndrome. However, as this is a relatively new procedure we may well discover further side effects as more people opt to have the device fitted.</p> <p>The company do claim that the patient will ‘learn healthier behaviours over time with lifestyle counselling’ but with good nutritional counselling alone, most individuals who are committed to making positive changes to their diet and lifestyle are very capable of doing so without the ‘help’ of a stomach flushing device.  </p> <p>In all honesty, reading the company website is enough to bring one close to emptying the contents of one's stomach. No AspireAssist is required.</p>

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