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