Extreme measures: Number of children given weight-loss surgery has doubled in past 5 years

The rate at which young people are getting bariatric surgery to treat severe obesity has nearly doubled since 2016 and shot up 19 percent from 2020 to 2021 alone, reflecting changing attitudes about obesity.

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