Obesity has been blamed for cases of teenage boys with breasts so well developed that surgery is needed to reduce them. Christian Duncan, a British plastic surgeon specialising in obesity-related surgery, said that in the past 12 months he had performed at least 20 breast-reduction operations on young boys who had developed the condition. He believes that the condition is becoming more common among teenage boys in Liverpool, and that it can cause "terrible damage" to their lives and their self-esteem.
