The woman sat down in front of me and I could see her sorrow. She’s tried a lot, but she can’t manage to lose weight on her own, she said. Her body mass index was 40 – only up to a value of 25 is considered normal weight. The young mother said her weight is increasingly restricting her playing with her children, which is why she wants a stomach reduction surgery.
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