PREMIUM Weightloss surgery and the silent burden that no one talks about Surgery, cost about Sh800,000, increasingly becoming a solution for people struggling with excess weight. Saturday Magazine Just now

What he hadn’t fully appreciated was that surgery would also come with a new lifelong routine: taking vitamin supplements to replace nutrients his body could no longer get in the same way.

Many also need iron, vitamin B12, calcium with vitamin D and, during the early months after surgery, protein supplements if they cannot meet their nutritional needs through food.

When Brian Githehu decided to undergo weight-loss surgery, he expected his relationship with food to change forever.