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Asked by raggy to Adam, Joanna, Louise S, Louise W, Marcus on 16 Nov 2012.
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Louise Stanley answered on 16 Nov 2012:
You can remove the fat from obese people (liposuction and surgery) and it will help them but it won’t solve all of the problems that can be a result of obesity such as diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, high blood pressure and joint damage. You will also still have all of the fat within your body and around your organs which can still cause ill health.
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Joanna Giles answered on 17 Nov 2012:
Definitely agree with Louise. Being obese puts massive strain on the heart and the joints, and removing excess fat would help with this. But other health risks like fat in the blood or fat plaques around the heart and liver would still mean the person is at risk of heart diseases etc. Type 2 diabetes would also be a risk because the person would have become less responsive to the hormone insulin. So an obese person really does have to change their lifestyle to incorporate a healthy diet and exercise, in order to reduce the health risks 🙂
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Louise Walkin answered on 18 Nov 2012:
Yep, even if you chopped it all off it wouldn’t really solve the problem. People are normally obese for a reason whether is is purely because they eat too much, or a problem with their metabolism – how exactly and how fast they break down their food. If we chopped off their fat but didn’t address the other problems, they would most likely end up with the same obesity problem. Most often it can be psychological and people eat to hide other problems in their life, such as depression. To make people completley better we need to address not only the obvious problem but any other issues that may go hand in hand with it. People who are obese also need to be shown how to live a healthier life, choosing healthier food and making sure they do exercise so that they don’t go down the same path again. It must be very difficult, and I don’t think obesity can be fixed with one operation, although it would make things a lot easier!
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Adam Paige answered on 18 Nov 2012:
There is also the issue of what parts of a body you can surgically cut out without causing damage to the remaining parts of the body. Some parts of the body have large fat deposits that can be removed by liposuction, but fat can accumulate in many places that are not so easy to remove.
Cholesterol for example can accumulate in the large arteries leading away from and to the heart and up to the brain in the disease called atherosclerosis.
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Marcus Wilson answered on 20 Nov 2012:
like louise says you can suck out the fatty cells form inside the body but fat is surrounded by useful tissue. a large amount of the fat in obese people is called visceral fat, and coats the internal organs.
you cant really see visceral fat, so someone with lots of it may not look that big, but its really dangerous as it leads to heart disease etc. luckily its the easiest fat to shift by doing some exercise, but least reawarding because you loose weight without looking much different!
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