Did you know....

Statistically speaking, 95% of people who lose weight via diet and exercise gain it ALL back, whereas 80% of people who have weight loss surgery gain back 15 to 30 pounds? 

Source?

I'd like to be able to cite that.

Hey I mean to reply to you and did not. Check out the articles I shared.

Crap.  I didn't write it all down!  I was taking notes from various articles for a presentation at my support group.  It was research done using the web.  I'm sorry.  Of course all my notes are home, and I'm here at work. 

The 95% may not be very accurate it is based on a really old study that was not done the best here is a link to an article about it. 95%

The 80% part is pretty accurate though. Here is a link to an article. 80%

I found their statistics on band patients to be... well... Interesting. I guess if people are willing to have surgery to only lose half of their weight, that is up to them, but if only about 3/4 of those maintain a loss of half... well, that isn't very encouraging.

I don't really trust anything, though, that perpetuates the carbonation stretches the pouch BS...

YeahI am not going to lie I did a quick search. I was trying to find something on the AMBSA and had no luck. Maybe you will have better luck. I know the national weight loss registry also tracks some of this stuff.

The first is a very widely quoted statistic, no idea if it is true but medical professionals tend to cite it! But the second surprises me slightly. Quite a significant number (I have no statistics to support this) seem to regain more than you suggest with both the band and the bypass. But that is based on anecdote and online self-reporting not hard evidence. 

I did find some articles that backed up the 85% one but the 5% not so much. They that is too hard to track because they do not talk to medical professionals as much as us WLS patients do.

that is so interesting! what is the amount of time? like over 5 years, 10 years, 20 years?