Desperate measures: Meet the 10-year-old forced to have a gastric-band operation after tipping the scales at 200lbs
William McBride became the youngest person in the world to have a weight loss operation, after weighing almost 200lbs at the tender age of 10. Following a successful procedure, he and his parents posed for Coleman-Rayner at his home in Portland, Oregon.
Tags: Coleman-Rayner, features, real life, William McBride, Portland, Oregon, gastric band, youngest gastric band patient (July 2009, Sunday Mirror)