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A new weight loss surgery offers hope to obese people. This new procedure uses a flexible tube which goes down your throat. This tube folds the stomach so that the capacity decreases. This new surgery guarantees no more cutting open patients’ stomachs plus no scars!
The procedure won’t cause as many infections and pain as people who get a surgery at NHS. Anselm Agwunobi, of the private Alexandra Hospital in Manchester says that this ‘widens options to people who have struggled to control their weight through diet and exercise, and those who don’t meet the NHS requirements.’ A lot of people have signed up for the surgery so the hospital hopes to carry out the first procedure within a few weeks.
I think it’s interesting to see how many different surgeries are available for obese people. Of course everyone can try diets and/or sports, but some people just don’t manage to lose any weight. All these surgeries can finally give a solution to these people. This new procedure sounds best I think. You don’t get any scars and the doctors even say you can have an operation on Friday, go home the same day and be able to work again on Monday. This cuts down the recovery time which might sounds interesting to a few people. I’m curious which procedure will pop up next!
I was puzzled. This is no surgery. The Cambridge Dictionary says: the treatment of injuries or diseases in people or animals by cutting open the body and removing or repairing the damaged part. There is no cutting involved. The stomach is folded up. Technically it doesn't qualify as such. It seems very cheap so in few years everyone will be slim or even anorexic and then buxom becomes fashionable.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYou're definitely right! It's more of a treatment than a surgery. But still a tool enters the body, which 'solves' a problem. The world has become obsessed by slim people, it's ridiculous!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI doubt whether it realy is a solution to a problem. Obesity is often caused by bad eating habbits, so these should be changed. I think a 'surgery' like this should only be available for people who have tried everything else.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI agree this type of treatment should only be available for people who are over-weight and have tried to loose weight, but just simply can't! It definitely should not be available for poeple who want to be extremely slim and do not want to make an effort. If the treatment would be available for anyone, I think it will encourage this ideal of being extremely skinny even more!
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