Gastric surgery numbers balloon

Doctors are reporting increases of up to 500 per cent in the number of people turning to gastric surgery in an attempt to lose weight and are operating on patients as young as 12.

Demand for surgery has soared as obesity rates in the UAE have reached ?epidemic? proportions, with more than 25 per cent of men and almost 40 per cent of women classed as being dangerously overweight, according to World Heath Organisation estimates. Click here for full article.