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Increasing demand for stomach reductions, ‘overweight risk gets through’

Demand for obesity treatments, including gastric bypass surgery, has increased by 15 percent during the coronavirus pandemic. This is the opinion of the Dutch Obesity Clinic (NOK).

The specialized clinic, which collaborates with regular hospitals, makes a direct connection with corona. More and more people are aware that being overweight increases the risk of serious complications from a corona infection enormously enlarged“, says director Kobus Dijkhorst.

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Between September 2020 and September 2021, 8,050 people signed up for obesity treatment, according to the NOK. The year before, there were 7,000 registrations.

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