Obesity surgery ‘to increase’
Obesity surgery for overweight patients in Yorkshire is set to increase by 40 per cent, it has emerged.
NHS chiefs will boost such operations to nearly 900 in 2009-10 amid fears over rising levels of obesity in the region, reports the Yorkshire Post.
According to new figures, obesity levels have almost doubled in the last 14 years, with Yorkshire having the highest proportion of overweight people in the UK.
Some 71 per cent of men in and 62 per cent of women in Yorkshire were overweight or obese in 2007.
A large-scale government-backed programme is set to be launched in the New Year which will target lifestyle-related health problems including poor diet and lack of exercise.
The recent EarlyBird Diabetes study suggested that childhood obesity is determined before the age of five.
David Haslam, of the National Obesity Forum, noted that it is "never too early" to step in to prevent the onset of the condition.
The Insurance Helpline specialises in obtaining cover for people living with obesity
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