A recent article stated that weight loss surgery has been found to be more effective in teens than dieting ( http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/303/6/519 ). It is studies and articles like these that may be destroying childrens’ health. This kind of study demonstrates that any information can be manipulated to get the results that researcher’s want.
Teenagers getting liposuction or gastric bypass surgery? Do you think that is really necessary at such a young age, without truly knowing the results? Does it sound like a travesty to you? Continue reading “Weight Loss Surgery Can Be Crippling For Teens” »
Where do we stop when it comes to getting skinny? That’s often the question we ask when looking at a picture of a gaunt supermodel that we will never know, whose look we will never achieve. Or, we ask it when we hear about Hollywood and eating disorders.
There is no doubt that stomach-reducing surgeries can make you look and feel better. A guaranteed quick fix, it has become more and more common in the United States. Singer Carnie Wilson had a bigger career surrounding her weight loss surgery, health campaign, and eventual weight gain, than she did as the singer in the 90s pop band Wilson Phillips.