Weight-loss surgery linked to better survival
Ten years after operation, obese people’s mortality was roughly halved
![stats on obesity surgery](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ns_obesity_graph.png?fit=936%2C580&ssl=1)
IMPROVING THE ODDS People electing obesity surgery are less likely to die in the next 10 years than those not getting the operation.
Arterburn et al/JAMA 2015