TEENAGERS as young as 14 may soon be queueing up for weight-reduction surgery under a radical push by the Australian Medical Association to tackle the obesity crisis. The association's call for a massive escalation in the number of weight-reduction operations has won the backing of other health groups. The most common form of weight-reduction surgery is lap-band surgery, a keyhole operation in which a band is placed around the stomach, which is constricted to reduce hunger. Medical experts in Victoria are trialling the surgery on 25 teenagers aged between 14 and 18, with another 25 adolescents under conventional weight-loss programs to compare the results.
SMH 6 Jan 2008
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