Lapband in children

Emrah Mevsimier

Children as young as 14 are having invasive weight-loss surgery on the NHS at up to £14,000 a time.

Official figures reveal a sharp rise in the number of obese teenagers having gastric bypasses, stomach stapling or gastric banding.

In one case, the parents of a 14-year-old were told the Health Service would not pay for a weight-loss course but would instead cover a more costly gastric band.

Emrah Mevsimier had a gastric band fitted aged 13, becoming the youngest person in Britain to have one. He was one of four members of his family to have the operation. His mother died aged 40, a year after having a gastric band fitted.

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