(ANSA) - Rome, March 18 - There are over six million obese
people in Italy, a conference on obesity surgery heard Monday.
Some 15,000 Italians have surgery for obesity every year,
mainly in northern Italy, the fourth edition of The Live Surgery
Workshop in Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgery was told.
Over 16 million Italian are overweight, the forum heard.
6 mn obese in Italy
15,000 have surgery every yr