Hopes of an impressive loss of weight float on an inflated balloon sitting in the stomach

WHEN she was a teenager Carole Theobald remembers her father being able to wrap his fingers around her waist.

But following the birth of the first of her three children, the days of fitting into size 10 clothes were over for the 44-year-old.

Now Carole, who works as a nurse and has two grandchildren, is hoping that a saline-filled balloon, which will sit in her stomach for six months, will help her lose two-and-a-half stone. Click here for full article.