Question:
I am looking for statistics for success of wls vs diets

What are the statistics for weight loss using WSL vs diets. For exaple on most diets 90 % regain the weight. What is the percent of people that regain the wieght after WLS.    — DOREEN B. (posted on November 1, 2000)

November 1, 2000
Weight after years of dieting: 262 Weight 6 yrs post op: 112-117 No contest
   — vitalady

November 1, 2000
all experience some weight loss. Most take off 2/3 of excess weight initially. some regain weight but never it all 80% of the people keep of 60-75% of excess weight for the long term(over 5 yrs)
   — Lisa W.

November 1, 2000
this was taken form a NY Times article in the 10/12/2000 edition "With drugs or diet, most patients can realistically hope to lose no more than 10 percent of their body weight a mere 30 pounds in someone who weighs 300, for instance and even that may not last, Dr. Flanagan said. In contrast, studies show that 10 years after the most commonly performed bariatric operation, called gastric bypass, patients on average have maintained a loss of 60 percent of their excess weight. At East Carolina University School of Medicine, in Greenville, N.C., a research team led by Dr. Walter Pories has kept records on 608 patients and found that after 14 years, the percentages translated into an average weight loss of 100 pounds" So we should all be fine
   — Lisa W.