TENS of thousands of overweight Scots have been sent to special clinics over their weight. Scotland 's ballooning obesity crisis has seen a surge in referrals to specialist centres to get people losing weight . 4 Over 15,000 Scots have been sent to specialist weight loss centres Credit: AFP - Getty 4 GPs sent them to fat-loss hubs amid major worries for their health Credit: Getty Images - Getty 4 Scotland's obesity crisis was branded a ticking timebomb Credit: Getty - Contributor 4 The specialist hubs are equipped to get obese Scots to slim down Credit: Getty - Contributor GP clinics across the country have been urgently sending people to lose weight amid drastic interventions to improve their health , reports the Daily Mail .
The centres will see overweight Scots treated by physiotherapists, clinical psychologists and dieticians. Medics are able to send obese patients to a tier 3 specialist weight management service to help them slim down. In 2022/23, there were 11,287 Scots sent to the fat loss hubs.
READ MORE HEALTH NEWS SWEET SCARE The dangers lurking in Halloween treats - from hives to heart palpitations DO NOT EAT Urgent 'avoid' alert on 66 'contaminated' dips, sandwiches and wraps But in 2023/24, this rose to 15,176 obese patients being treated. In the same time, there has also been an increase in the number of weight loss surgeries. There was an increase from 146 to 176 bariatric procedures in the past year - but this is down from previous years where more than 200 ov.
