article_snippet: Britain now has 140,000 ‘super-fat’ children who will need gastric bands as adults if Britain do not slim down, according to a leading expert.
article_snippet: We have 140,000 children in the UK who are so obese that if they were adults they would be immediately eligible for surgery.
article_snippet: Britain now has 140,000 ‘super-fat’ children who will need gastric bands as adults if Britain do not slim down .
article_snippet: ’ Mr Fry said ’ Mr Fry believed more teenagers should undergo fat-loss surgery, adding that gastric bands were proven to help patients lose weight and keep it off.
article_snippet: ‘Why should parents expect the taxpayer to pay for parents child to go on the operating table, because parents have been so irresponsible as to let parents get so fat?’ weight-loss motivator Steve Miller added: ‘Gastric bands don’t treat the underlying reasons why a child is obese, which could be caused by emotional problems or self-esteem issues.
highlights_snippet: Britain now has 140,000 'super-fat' children who will need gastric bands .
  