article: bariatric surgery should not be last resort

[Larra]

I wasn't sure where to put this...just a summary of a couple things from the medical literature. Given the proven benefits of bariatric surgery and its present safety profile, at least some docs are starting to argue that it should be made more available.
Don't read the comments unless you like stupid.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/GeneralEndocrinology/44093

Larra

 

[southernlady]

Moving this to the data section

 

[JackieOnLine]

Don't read the comments unless you like stupid.

that was some world class stupid!

 

[Munchkin]

Stupid is right on!

 

[DianaCox]

Some interesting articles in the journal itself, for example, on brown fat (brown adipose tissue or BAT) and its relationship to energy metabolism: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(13)70156-6/fulltext

 

[DianaCox]

I also made a post which was finally added.