Most in need missing out on bariatric surgery
10th December 2012
By Guest Writer
A survey of almost 50,000 obese people participating in the 45 and Up Study found those living in socially disadvantaged areas on low incomes were less likely to have bariatric surgery than their higher earning, better-educated counterparts.
This was despite evidence that people from lower socioeconomic groups were more likely to be obese.
The research, published in the Medical Journal of Australia today, found obese people earning more than $70,000 a year were five times more likely to have bariatric surgery than those earning less than $20