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Obesity surgery numbers increase

The number of people in England having obesity surgery has risen by 40% in the last year, figures show. Michelle Ricard, who had a gastric band fitted and lost five stone, and weight loss surgery specialist Mr Justin Morgan, of Southmead Hospital in Bristol, discuss why the numbers have increased.

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