My wife and I have worked with several people over the years who have gotten the weight loss surgery. We always talk together about how just getting the surgery isn't going to fix the reason they were eating in the first place. There is a psychological component to it that you can't ignore when you are talking about an addiction like that. I see many diet programs these days try to take that into account. Sure enough, most of those folks that got the surgery ended up gaining much of the weight back.