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Peter Holt, a researcher at Rockefeller University in New York, said that overweight patients who have the common ‘stomach stapling’ operations are likely to have large concentrations of alcohol in the blood even if they drink little, which take a long time to wear off. As a result, Dr. Holt suggested that all patients who undergo weight-loss surgery should be warned about the effects on their ability to drink and should think about avoiding alcohol completely if they drive.”