UK campaign to combat teenager over-weight with gastric balloons

Monday, October 31st 2011 - 05:33 UTC

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British overweight teenagers in South Yorkshire could be fitted with gastric balloons, if a trial is approved. Sheffield Children's Hospital said it wanted to use the balloons to help 10 morbidly obese 13 to 18-year-olds lose weight. Those weighing between 14 and 20 stone (89kg-127kg) will be considered. Read full article

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Forgetit86
This piece of news has already had more than 100 tweets. Serves to show how overwhelmingly British is Mercopress's readership.
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Fido Dido
Oh it's a bull(shit)dog eating chips. God, they are so ugly.
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