Kellie received bariatric surgery a year and a half ago, at age 26, and lost over half her weight—160 pounds (St. Vincent 1). Over one million morbidly obese people in the United States have already received gastric bypass surgery. Since obesity has reached such epidemic proportions, everyone in America is looking for a cure. Gastric bypass surgery has rapidly become a solution for severely obese persons. Being obese causes emotional and physical distress and suffering, which increases a person’s desire to become thin. Several thousands of people are taking control of their lives and health by having bariatric surgery. Gastric bypass surgery has been performed with minor variations since 1968 (How it Works 3). The procedure has grown rapidly over the past few years and numerous hospitals have added the surgery. Success rate/recovery, society’s influence, and health factors all play a significant role as causes for a person to decide if this life-altering, sometimes dangerous, surgery is right for them.
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is the most popular of three surgeries for the morbidly obese. In this procedure, surgical staples are used to create a small pouch in the stomach connected to the bowel by a piece of the small intestine, bypassing the majority of the
Babbitt 2 stomach. This form of surgery accounts for almost 90% of the procedures performed in the United States (USA Today 2). Generally gastric bypass remains strictly for patients who are morbidly obese by 100 pounds or more over his or her healthy weight. When people have this surgery, they will not only lose a significant amount of weight, but also see obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and sleep apnea greatly diminish or even vanish (Hochstrasser 98). Most patients will lose 50-70% of their excess body weight; some patients will lose even more (Hochstrasser 53). The operation limits the amount of food a person takes in, decreases the amount of calories consumed, and makes it so eating less will still be satisfying. By exercising and eating healthy foods, the weight-loss can be considerably enhanced. Though the surgery rarely gets people to their ideal body weight, most patients get within 30-40 pounds (Woodward 67). Weight loss begins immediately after the operation. The majority of people will continue to lose weight for approximately twelve months. The amount of weight a patient will lose every month will fluctuate depending upon the height and weight prior to surgery (Woodward 57).
Cinema had a history of being “selfish” with the use of the black actor and as Guerrero states in Framing Blackness, blacks were rarely cast as complex characters and used as the problem in which the white man would “fix”. This characterized the mainstream expectations in film then and into Poitier’s emergence into Hollywood. With Poitier however, he worked alongside those directors in Hollywood who looked down upon racism and shared the same views as he, working together to push the political message of racial integration both within the films and off the screen. With the mainstream audience being that characterized by...
The article “The Caging of America” is written by Adam Gopnik and published in the New Yorker. In his article Gopnik is discussing the relationship between mass incarceration, and criminal justice in America. He is also touching the current sad condition of American prison. Gopnik is mainly talking about crime and their differences, and how mass incarceration is related to a crime. Gopnik also touches the history of America. And in this article he spends couple of pages about the history, and the past. He starts with “How did we get here?” which is like wake up call to his readers. He is compering how crime rates and it 's punishment were, back in the day then now.
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Bariatrics is the branch of medicine that focuses on the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity. Bariatric surgery is a specific discourse community connecting individuals through mutual interests, shared knowledge, and expertise of treating obese populations. The field of bariatrics is a discourse community with several purposes. It encourages innovative surgical and nonsurgical solutions in obesity care. It formulates hypotheses and develops and conducts experimental designs to test the hypotheses’ reliability and validity. Furthermore, it aims to stimulate discussion about its findings.
In the recent years, American adults and even children have become morbidly obese, which has fueled a campaign for an effective intervention. The intervention that is beginning to receive widespread popularity is gastric bypass surgery. According to Tish Davidson and Teresa G. Odle in the article ‘Obesity Surgery,’ “gastric bypass surgery [is] probably the most common type of obesity surgery; gastric bypass surgery has been performed in the United States for about 25 years. In this procedure, the volume of the stomach is reduced by four rows of stainless steel staples that separate the main body of the stomach from a small, newly created pouch. The pouch is attached at one end to the esophagus. At the other end is a very small opening into the small intestine. Food flows though this pouch, bypassing the main portion of the stomach and emptying slowly into the small intestine where it is absorbed.” This limits the amount of food an individual can consume, which helps to prevent overeating. Therefore, gastric bypass surgery is the best way to lose the unwanted pounds and keep it off because of the low post surgical complications, exuberant long lasting results, and decrease in obesity related heath problems.
Bariatric surgery is an operation that is performed in order to help such individuals lose weight. Evidence suggests that bariatric surgery may lower death rates for patients
Gastric bypass surgery: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. (2004, June 4). U.S National Library of Medicine. Retrieved May 19, 2014, from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007199.htm
In the first collective reference to Grier’s 1970s blaxploitation reign, the credits flash on the screen in the same typeface as Foxy Brown-- one of her most notable roles. It becomes immediately apparent that Tarantino will draw from Grier’s prior work, setting the stage for the ever-present references to blaxploitation and the hardships Jackie will endure throughout the film. As the entire three-minute song plays out, Tarantino blatantly demands the viewer’s attention to Womack’s sentimental
Gastric bypass surgery works by changing ones anatomy of the stomach and intestines. There are two main steps during gastric bypass surgery: The first involves making ones stomach smaller. A surgeon uses staples to divide the stomach into two parts. The upper section, now called a pouch, will be where food will arrive when consumed. The pouch will be much smaller than the original stomach, only holding about 1 ounce of food. Thus, the person receiving the surgery will be able to eat much smaller amounts of food, resulting in weight loss. The second step of the surgery involves bypass. The jejunum portion of
While talking about the themes and the plot it looks like Tarantino changed this theme in 'Jackie Brown.' It operates in the way more individual level than his previous ensemble films. 'Kill Bill' was another massive turn in Quentin Tarantinos film career. From 'Kill Bill' he concentrated on the theme of revenge which resonates until 'Django Unchained.' In 'Hateful Eight' he goes back to the theme he used in 'Reservoir Dogs.'
The Blaxploitation movement’s success was partially due to the rise of the civil rights movement, but also due to the financial crisis that was ongoing in Hollywood. In-home television had just hit the markets fully for consumers, therefore there was less of a need or want to go out and see movies as often (Lawrence, 2009). In this paper we will explore Blaxploitation in the form of four different films and the different ways they made an impact on society. These films include: Cotton Comes to Harlem, Shaft, Super Fly and Blacula.
As Dr. Abigail C. Saguy discusses in the podcast What’s Wrong With Fat, the framing of an issue is critical to how to it’s viewed. Fatness, known in the medical world as obesity, has become framed as a disease, and an immediate indicator of bad health. Because of this negative stigma around fatness, fat people face rampant discrimination in their every day lives. However, rather than deconstructing people’s negative views of fatness, medicalization has ensured that fatness is viewed as a problem that must be directly treated. Weight loss surgeries such as gastric bypass surgery are essentially cosmetic surgeries, but are marketed as necessary medical procedures to “treat” obesity (Conrad
More than 40,000 people a year are so desperate to lose weight they turn to the controversial, sometimes life-threatening surgery such as Gastric Bypass. I will be explaining what the surgery entitles, disadvantages vs. advantages. And most important, is Gastric bypass surgery the right choice when considering the risks. The most common form of “stomach stapling” is gastric bypass. In this procedure, a small pouch is formed in the stomach and stapled shut. The small intestine is then cut and stapled onto the pouch, shrinking the stomach’s ability to take in food. The technique involves removing a section of the stomach and rearranging the small bowel to divert bile and pancreatic secretions away from the food stream. Fats and starches flow through without being absorbed. In order to be a candidate for the surgery, patients must be considered morbidly obese or at least 100 pounds overweight. Before an individual gets the go-ahead, he or she meets with doctors and psychologists to rule out all other ways of help. Surgery may sound like the best option for a morbidly overweight person, but a small figure comes at a high price. There are health risks and the side effects can be fatal. Three people will die during every 1,000 procedures, according to the ASBS. Let me tell you about more disadvantages. More than one-third of obese patients who have gastric surgery develop gallstones. Nearly one in three develop nutritional deficiencies. Patients could also be at risk for anemia, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease.
In the late 1960s, the early surgical experiences for adult obesity were first published. It was not until the 1970s and 1980s that bariatric procedures for adolescents with morbid obesity were first reported. Jejuno– ileal bypass was done in at least 20 adolescents (age range 11–20 years) with preoperative weight range 120–150 kg. The expected macronutrient malabsorption resulted in 34–36% weight reduction for these patients. Significant improvement in hyperlipidaemia, T2DM and quality of life were also reported, although at the expense of fat-soluble vitamin loss, electrolyte disturbances and diarrhea in some. Owing to the reported risks of electrolyte abnormalities, vitamin malabsorption, and liver and renal damage, this operation has been
Every film has a story to it, but it takes some analyzing to really know the story behind it as well. Many societal functions and tensions come into play depending on the time period that correlates with some communities in order to be relatable. The interplay between film and American culture’s societal tensions are interesting to watch regarding the meaningful sense in which it may be conveying to the audience. One of the most iconic films throughout the course of history is “Forrest Gump” directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. Along with this film came nostalgic 70’s music to benefit the relevance. Even though this 1994 film is showing the 70’s war time period, there are many reasons why it is exceptional at displaying American culture and societal tensions.