title: Article on bariatric surgery has helped me to stop snacking.
abstract: Nicky Green's overview of bariatric surgery (learning zone May 9) made for fascinating, if grisly, reading. The statistics are frightening. It is estimated that 60 per cent of adult males, 50 per cent of adult females and 25 per cent of schoolchildren under the age of 16 could be obese by 2050.
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sadler