Threat of obesity-related health crisis looms

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Threat of obesity-related health crisis looms

Les Galler
Auckland intensive care specialist Les Galler says patients are older and sicker, and hospitals are perpetually full

Last month, East Health Trust PHO held its annual symposium for GPs and practice staff at the Waipuna Hotel in Auckland. Fiona Thomas reports from the conference room

The looming obesity crisis is on the mind of self-described “age­ing intensivist” Les Galler, who says the types of patients he sees have dramatically