Comments on: Obesity rant #7 http://rhinocrisy.org/2005/10/obesity-rant-7/ Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:07:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Saheli http://rhinocrisy.org/2005/10/obesity-rant-7/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Saheli Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:14:05 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=452#comment-248 Atul Gawande has a good essay in his book, <i>Complications</i> , about some people who undergo gastric bypass surgery. He too is horrified by the idea, but he manages to find some people who very obviously need it. What struck me by the essay is that it did not end up as a paen to the technique--instead, by highlighting the very extreme lives of those who do need it, it made one realize what an almost absurd tool it was, how very few people actually have that extreme a problem, and how bad it has to get for the ordinairy obese to work their way to that stage--which for some of his subjects was <i>not</i> a lifestyle issue, but a glandular or similarly physical issue. <br/><br/>Of course, you're probably down the hall from him, so you can run my interpretation by him yourself. :-p<br/><br/>  <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://ssrdatta.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="sahelidatta at hotmail dot com">Saheli</a> Atul Gawande has a good essay in his book, Complications , about some people who undergo gastric bypass surgery. He too is horrified by the idea, but he manages to find some people who very obviously need it. What struck me by the essay is that it did not end up as a paen to the technique–instead, by highlighting the very extreme lives of those who do need it, it made one realize what an almost absurd tool it was, how very few people actually have that extreme a problem, and how bad it has to get for the ordinairy obese to work their way to that stage–which for some of his subjects was not a lifestyle issue, but a glandular or similarly physical issue.

Of course, you’re probably down the hall from him, so you can run my interpretation by him yourself. :-p

 

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