article_snippet: One in three 11-year-olds is still overweight or obese - but an expert has warned that the country’s fat youngsters are now ‘getting fatter’
article_snippet: although one in three 11-year-olds is still overweight or obese.
article_snippet: Teenagers rarely have fat-loss surgery, with only 60 such operations taking place last year.
article_snippet: However, as The Mail on Sunday revealed last month, patients are getting younger, with a 12-year-old boy recently going under the knife.
highlights_snippet: One in three 11-year-olds are classed as overweight or obese in the UK .
  