'Burden on NHS' as surgery for obesity rises by 50% in a year
The number of people having surgery on the NHS for obesity has rocketed, new figures show.
There has been a 52 per cent rise in stomach stapling operations and gastric bypasses, which stop patients being able to eat so much food.
Most of the operations, which are carried out on people with a Body Mass Index above 40, were performed on women. Click here for full article.