WEIGHT-LOSS BALLOON IDEA GETS FLOATED!

ANOTHER alternative to traditional bariatric surgery — and to weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy — may be on the horizon!

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Engineers at MIT have designed a new type of gastric balloon that allows individuals to inflate and deflate as needed. In an animal study, the researchers showed that blowing up the balloon before a meal caused rodents to reduce their food intake by 60 percent.