When deciding on which weight-loss operation to choose, many patients focus mainly on the expected amount of weight loss for each operation. Food tolerance and gastrointestinal quality of life after surgery are often not discussed. In a recent article published in the journal Obesity Surgery, my colleagues at St George Hospital compared food tolerance and gastrointestinal quality of life after gastric banding, gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. They showed that food tolerance and gastrointestinal quality of life following surgery were best after sleeve gastrectomy followed closely by gastric bypass. Patients with gastric banding had the worst food tolerance and gastrointestinal quality of life as well as lost less of their excess weight.