3 ms·
I think we need to start treating obesity like we would mental illness. We've finally, as a general society, grown out of telling people with clinical depressi
by toomanybeersies 8y ago
I think we need to start treating obesity like we would mental illness.
We've finally, as a general society, grown out of telling people with clinical depression to just cheer up.
Yet we tell obese people to "just eat less". I think most obese people realise that if they want to lose weight they need to eat less.
- wukerplank 8y agoI totally agree! You know, for morbidly obese people there is the possibility of stomach stapling. This physically prohibits over eating and lowers how much hunger you feel. The intervention is covered by the public health insurance in my country. And it comes with psychological supervision. The background is that to a lot of obese people, eating is a coping mechanism and it turns out they get depressed when they no longer can eat as much as they used to.
- Someone1234 8y agoStomach stapling only limits food consumption, it is very easy to maintain an obese body weight with liquid calories alone (soda for one example). I've know people personally who had the surgery and are still obese.
- wukerplank 8y agoDid they also have psychological guidance? I guess you can still destroy yourself, even with a smaller stomach.
- lostapathy 8y agoThe long-term results of various "stomach shrinking surgeries" are not actually that great. People experience a ton of weight loss quickly, yes, but tend to gain a lot of it back over time as they never really adjusted their habits.
- bonesss 8y agoArguably, if we had better policies and handling of mental health we'd see a lot less people eating their pain away...