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(Childhood Obesity News) Sydney hospital specialist tackles childhood obesity - ABC Online

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It is a sign of just how serious the problem of childhood obesity really is. The demand for doctors to help children lose weight is so great that families have to wait up to a year to get help. She is the first child obesity staff specialist in an Australian hospital and sees overweight children as young as two. Having a special obesity clinic in a hospital means overweight youngsters can get immediate access to a range of treatments that a GP cannot offer. With many more obese adults turning to gastric banding surgery, doctors say it is only a matter of time and funding until more obese teenagers go under the knife. Read Childhood Obesity

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