RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The number of obese individuals in Brazil grew 67.8 percent between 2006 and 2018, according to data from the VIGITEL (Surveillance of Risk Factors and Protection for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey), which was released on Thursday, July 25th, by the Ministry of Health.
And as obesity spread the number of bariatric surgeries performed in Brazil has increased even more -- 84.73 percent -- rising from 34,629 cases in 2011 to . . .
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