34-stone teenager undergoes gastric surgery to save her life

A TEENAGE Scottish girl who weighed 34 stone had to undergo surgery to save her life.

34-stone teenager undergoes gastric surgery to save her life

The 16-year-old, who is thought to have been one of Britain’s heaviest teenagers, underwent the treatment to fit a gastric band at Glasgow’s Gartnavel Hospital within the past year.

The surgeon who fitted the gastric band around her stomach was David Galloway. He told the Daily Mail that the girl had reached 34 stone purely by eating too much.

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