| The problem of obesity has been with us since the | | | | relative cost of many items of food, not least that |
| dawn of time and for many sufferers the condition is | | | | of sugar syrup and sugar. In turn this means that we |
| the result of genetic or medical problems. At present, | | | | are now consuming a lot more than we used to.4. |
| however, the alarming growth in the rate of obesity | | | | The past twenty five years have seen big changes in |
| is very much a man-made problem, assisted in part | | | | working practices with significantly fewer people |
| perhaps by the availability, and popularity, of the | | | | employed today in manual work and with more and |
| gastric bypass.Advances in surgery, not least the | | | | more of us sitting back and letting machines do the |
| introduction of laparoscopic procedures, have made | | | | work which we used to do or sitting all day behind a |
| the gastric bypass a far easier and more acceptable | | | | desk or at a computer.5. Marketing has become very |
| solution to the problem of obesity. In addition, the | | | | sophisticated, if not subliminal, and this is especially |
| profile of the gastric bypass has been raised very | | | | true in the area of convenience and fast foods. |
| much in recent years helped along in no small way by | | | | Additionally, many restrictions were removed on |
| the number of household names picking this form of | | | | advertisements aimed at children during the Reagan |
| weight loss.The list of well known personalities taking | | | | administration and many of these dealt with such |
| this route is long and includes the best selling author | | | | things as convenience foods and sweets.6. Perhaps |
| Anne Rice, the musician and harmonica virtuoso John | | | | strangest of all is the effect that the craze for |
| Popper, the footballer Diego Maradona and the music | | | | exercise and diet has had on the increase in obesity. |
| promoter and TV personality Sharon Osbourne to | | | | As a society we have become obsessed with dieting |
| name just a few.But just why is obesity growing and | | | | and many people diet as often as they change their |
| is it really a problem of our own making?While there | | | | underwear. However it's a fact that virtually all diets |
| was a small rise in the rate of obesity in the years | | | | fail and, following a diet, it is not uncommon for your |
| following the Second World War, the past twenty | | | | weight to rise to a level even higher than it was |
| five years have seen a significant growth in obesity, | | | | before the diet. This pattern of rising and falling |
| especially in the US. The exact reason for this is | | | | weight over time many times results in a gradual |
| unknown and there is reasonably wide disagreement | | | | increase in weight towards obesity.Each of the |
| on the cause, but here are just a few reasons over | | | | factors observed here not only add to the rise in |
| which there is general agreement.1. Notwithstanding | | | | obesity but is also plainly made-made.Certainly gastric |
| the current talk about oil prices, motoring is no longer | | | | bypass provides one solution. All the same, even |
| a luxury and the two car family is becoming | | | | though the procedure is a lot easier than it used to |
| commonplace. Today we don't think twice about | | | | be and is growing in popularity, it is still far from a |
| getting into the car for even the shortest of | | | | pleasant experience and is certainly not risk free.For |
| journeys and many of us would not even | | | | those people who are suffering from obesity today |
| contemplate walking to the corner shop.2. We have | | | | gastric bypass constitutes an excellent solution to |
| become a nation of two income households and this | | | | their problem. For our children and grandchildren |
| means that people are doing far less cooking at | | | | however maybe the answer is to be found in |
| home. The number of people enjoying restaurant | | | | preventing obesity and not sitting back and waiting |
| meals or opting for fast food take out or home | | | | for the problem to present itself before resorting to |
| delivery meals has risen significantly in recent years.3. | | | | gastric bypass surgery.For more information about |
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