Balloon You Can Swallow Fights Obesity

Name: Could a ‘Balloon in a Pill’ Be the Next Weight Loss Weapon?
Uploaded: 2015-11-05T23:46:26.000Z
Duration: 2 min 1 s
Description: Americans spend $60 billion a year trying to lose weight, and now there’s a new tool in the battle of the bulge that doesn’t require surgery or sedation.

A new type of stomach-filling balloon can help people drop pounds, and it doesn’t require any surgery to place it, researchers report.

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Nov. 5, 2015, 11:59 AM EST / Updated Feb. 12, 2017, 4:24 PM EST

By Maggie Fox

Maggie Fox

Maggie Fox is a senior writer for NBC News and TODAY, covering health policy, science, medical treatments and disease.

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