Gastric op twins: ‘We couldn’t have lost weight without gastric surgery’

Britain is in the midst of an obesity crisis, with one in four adults overweight and hospital admissions caused by obesity-related conditions soaring. With experts divided on whether surgery is the right way to curb obesity, Closer invesitgates...

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by Miranda Knox |
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Twins Kelly Acres and Stacey Warrenused to weigh a huge 46st between them, but say they've transformed their lives by having weight-loss surgery on the NHS.

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Despite the risks, the 43-year-old sisters tell us they have no regrets about their gastric bypasses after losing 15st between them. Their ops cost around £30k in total.

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Kelly, who's 5ft 3 and weighed 26st at her biggest, had her surgery in March. She's now 13st 7lb and a size 14-16. She says: "I'm the smallest I've ever been and finally feel happy. I've still got a long way to go to my target size 10, but I couldn't have done it without surgery."

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