The ugly truth about having a gastric bypass

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Over 5.5 million Britons are now officially obese. It’s a grim statistic: obesity can lead to arthritis and breathing difficulties as well as heart disease, stroke and cancer. This is also costing the NHS dearly — it spends an astonishing £4 billion a year on treating obesity.

An increasingly popular option is stomach-shrinking surgery. But is this the right option? A nurse working on an obesity ward reveals the truth behind the operation.

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