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Here's a startling fact, frightening too. One in ten of the world's school children is overweight, that's 45 million kids with a problem, possibly for life. And if that's not bad enough, obesity is about to become the major cause of death in the United States and here in Australia, we're not far behind. So what are we doing about this deadly serious health crisis? Well, more and more we're resorting to the knife. It's hard to believe, but kids as young as 12 are giving up their diets and exercise for the quick fix: radical surgery that's guaranteed to stop them over-eating.

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