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Special World Obesity Day: A growing number of Gulf youth are having bariatric surgery

World Obesity Day: A growing number of Gulf youth are having bariatric surgery

  • A Saudi surgeon who is an expert in bariatric procedures will operate on children if it saves their lives
  • A Dubai doctor says there is a ‘serious incidence of obesity among children in the Middle East’ 
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