NHS paid for 20 children as young as 15 to have invasive weight-loss surgery

[Northerner]

Up to 20 children as young as 15 had invasive weight-loss surgery on the NHS in the past two years, new figures have revealed.

Publicity surrounding celebrities such as Fern Britton, who shed more than
five stone after a gastric band operation, has fueled a surge of interest in fat-fighting surgery which can cost up to ?7,000.

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