A new ingestible and inflatable balloon system seems to be a non-invasive way to fill up the stomach and curb appetite, researchers report.
Patients ingest three capsules
The balloon system, known as Obalon, helped obese people lose nearly 7 percent of their body weight, the investigators added.
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