The article quickly discussed fecal transplants, which seem to be an extremely promising and underexplored avenue (for obvious reasons) for dealing with obesity

The article quickly discussed fecal transplants, which seem to be an extremely promising and underexplored avenue (for obvious reasons) for dealing with obesity without surgery. I always figured if I got seriously overweight I would try it. I first heard about it from the Freakonomics blog (different episode than was mentioned in another comment: http://freakonomics.com/podcast/freakonomics-radio-the-power-of-poop/ http://freakonomics.com/podcast/freakonomics-radio-the-power...)