Why not try exenatide injections or similar?
I never heard of it but assume it is an update of gastric bypass or similar surgery to limit how much food actually gets in the stomach and intestines. The Church has no position on a surgery that is medically necessary, and it is doubtful her doctor would do it or her insurance would approve it otherwise. Make sure she and you are educated on the relatives risks and benefits of the procedure, and if you are still unsure seek a second opinion, always wise before any surgery. I can’t think what the moral objection would be, unless it interferes with fertility in some way, but if she has doubts she (not you) should speak to her priest.
It depends on what the issue is for that person though. Gastric surgery certainly helps those with satiety problems.
All that bariatric surgery does is make it so one cannot eat as much. Am I mistaken about this? (Please someone correct me if I am wrong; I’m certainly not an expert, but this is my somewhat educated understanding of bariatric surgery.) It also makes it so you do not absorb all of the food you eat, but that’s really not any different for your body than just eating less. Its no more effective than someone always by your side, stopping you from eating after you’ve had enough.
Affecting satiety centres is another way of saying it makes you feel full. Feeling full is not a prerequisite to cease eating.
I think another factor is the ready availability of food in large quantities at low prices.
That’s a good point. And surely the obesity epidemic is a combination of many of these things. But what is sure is that, if we had sufficient discipline, obesity would largely be limited to those with certain medical conditions that either make them gain fat no matter what they eat (thyroid problems, etc) and those with pathological addictions to food.
NO.
Yes, I think we know where you stand, but you haven’t given any reasons for your belief.
It’s not a belief, it’s a fact
Have you proved your belief that they’re equivalent?
This is how I proved that they are–for most people–equivalent. With which step in the above logic do you disagree? (Again, not for people who are addicted to food, but for anyone who physically CAN chose not to eat, bariatric surgery is no better than discipline.)
You didn’t prove it at all.
Assuming the dieter and surgery patient lose the same amount of weight in the same period, what other measure of effectiveness do you want? Cost? Risk? Use of scare resources? All of these weigh strongly in favor of a strict diet. In fact, if someone can lose as much weight by a strict diet as with surgery, the diet is surely the MORE effective solution.
maybe for some, for the vast majority who do choose bariatric surgery they have other, sometimes multiple health concerns, such as diabetes, other hormonal disturbances, which make weight loss nearly impossible simply by dieting. Most reputable programs require an extensive period of supervised dieting, even liquid diets, behavior modification, counselling and treatment of underlying conditions before surgery is considered. People on such regimens typically do lose some weight, but nothing as dramatic as weight loss after surgery, plus with some procedures reliance on insulin or other hormonals support is not necessary after surgery, reason enough to consider it. It can actually reverse diabetes so the benefits are real and go beyond weight loss.
OK, which is not analysing by intention to treat at all!
