More Finns Turn to Surgery to Battle Bulge

More Finns are turning to surgery to treat obesity. In Finland, some 75,000 people could be eligible for gastric bypass surgery. However, going under the knife is no guarantee to weight loss.

Just a few years ago, Sirpa Haapalahti weighed 190 kilograms. Now she is down to 116. When dieting alone did not produce results, Haapalahti turned to gastric bypass surgery to reduce her stomach size.

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