Every year, weight loss surgery is the last resort for sixty thousand people in our country. This is twenty times more than twenty years ago. This operation is reserved for patients suffering from so-called morbid obesity, with a body mass index greater than forty. In Lille, at the La Louviere clinic, a department is entirely dedicated to bariatric surgery. All patients follow a compulsory program of at least six months before the operation. A therapeutic course reimbursed by social security. To prepare them psychologically and physically for this radical life change.
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We followed four patients at different stages of their journey. Sophia, a 27-year-old mother who is going to have weight loss surgery. Périne, who had surgery a year and a half ago and has already lost 41 kilos. Gilbert, retired for whom the metamorphosis is even more spectacular because he had a hundred kilos more than ten in earlier. And Olivia, who hopes to find her figure one day. Indeed, this florist has gained sixty kilos in ten years. She weighs 135 kilos for 1m58. All have agreed to share their suffering, their hope and their daily struggle.
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This video extract is taken from the replay of Sept à Huit life, a weekly news and reports program broadcast on TF1 and presented by Harry Roselmack. 7 à 8 offers 3 to 4 reports on current events: politics, news, society or international events.
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