Bariatric Surgery Can Break Obesity Cycle

In a pigs eye.

Obesity is a condition that often follows family lines, but bariatric surgery offers hope for breaking this generational pattern.

"Bariatric surgery is part of a transformational lifestyle change," said Christopher Still, D.O., director of the Geisinger Center for Nutrition and Weight Management. "Patients who are most successful after bariatric surgery must adapt to healthy diet and exercise, and many times this new lifestyle will rub off on family members, resulting in a healthier family unit."

While genetics can play a role in obesity, other familial factors can be major contributors to this health issue, said Dr. Still. A 2008 study in the American Journal of Sociology concluded that a family's lifestyle has a major impact on whether teenagers will end up overweight, and according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), a person's environment and behavior play a large role in obesity.

"Oftentimes, obesity is caused by preventable factors such as poor eating habits or a lack of physical activity," said Dr. Still. "These tendencies are strongly influenced by the people around us. After bariatric surgery, a patient who begins exercising and eating healthier can impart new, healthy habits on their family and help break unhealthy behaviors and ultimately obesity."

If the people who had bariatric surgery were able to transform their lifestyles, they wouldn't be fat.

Serving a few ounces of food per meal is not the way to raise a family and virtually no family member will stand for that.

Plus, a substantial number of patients break through and get fat all over again.

However, to show you how far these IMHO liars will go to sell their miserable surgical fixes, note the garbage about "other factors [that] can play a role," i.e., Calories in vs. Calories out.

These are not "other factors." These are the only factors.

There is no genetics involved as there can be no genetics that ever defeats Calories in vs. Calories out.

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