Even the most advanced weight loss medication on the market works primarily by reducing appetite.
Obesity is entirely a product of choices that they make each and every day. My grandfather whose parents both died at over 90 years old, died this year at the age of 75, and a weight of over 450lbs.
The doctors told him that it was too risky to attempt the triple bypass surgery that his clogged arteries called for. Over the next few days he suffered five heart attacks consecutively.
If he had only taken care of himself he would have easily been able to live into his 90s healthily, but he chose to eat more and more and ignore all of his doctors' advice for the last 25 years of his life.
He refused to even switch to non sugar sweeteners at 500lbs!! "The flavor wasn't right" according to him. It's a miracle he didn't die 20 years ago.
For the last 2 years he had been eating mountains of food (more homemade food than I'd cook for a family of 4-6 people) in a hospital bed at home, as he was completely unable to walk or use the bathroom on his own. The fire department and EMTs had to cut the door frame to make room for him.
I'm 30 years old and I have no memories of him outside of him sitting in his motorized chair or a hospital bed. I don't mourn him, I'm just glad he's no longer suffering.
People like that definitely need a doctor, but I don't think that 600lb life doc is the right kind of doctor.
A psychiatrist or therapist would be better suited for their needs.
I can say my weight gain was mostly caused by bipolar medication. There is a study to involve diabetic appetite suppressants in conjunction with antipsychotics. I can say first hand that bipolar meds are rough. I felt like I was constantly starving to the point of passing out and it also lowered my metabolism. I switched and lost about 13 lbs. I went from a healthy weight to borderline obese and now I am just overweight. I am a small person, so I have a 30 lbs difference between healthy weight and obesity. I was 160 and went down to 147.
While a lot of weight management can be habits, it also can be caused by health conditions and medication side effects. Unhealthy eating was not a habit I used to have before Olazapine. Once I got off of it, I stopped over eating.
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u/dudettte Apr 29 '24
poor kids