Colie Rogers
Ms. McKoy
English 2
September 2, 2013
Exercise
or Gastric Bypass?
Should obese people who can help themselves, exercise or
spend money on a gastric bypass? I think people who can help themselves should
exercise instead of spending money on such a costly surgery. Obesity is a major
problem in the whole world, mostly the United States. More than thirty five
point seven percent of U.S. adults are obese. The yearly estimated cost of the
medical cost in America was one hundred and forty-seven billion dollars. I have
an obese friend who used to be actively involved in sports and he would tell me
that exercising helped him out.
Studies have shown that people who have had the Gastric
Bypass surgery have had multiple side effects. One of the major side effects is
that most people get a divorce because of the big changes. They could also face
changes such as: anemia, osteoporosis, suicide. They face suicide as a problem
because of all the work they have to put in to keep the weight off. This
surgery also can result in a dangerous potential of hypoglycemia (low blood
glucose). In all, these are just a few effects that could, or possibly might
happen when getting this surgery done.
In my research I have found out the exercise is the best
thing for obese patients. By exercising regularly, you help your body out
because you are preventing yourself from getting any other diseases. This has
been shown that exercising boosts your mood and helps you from being a
depressed person. It’s also a very cheap way to lose weight then to spend money
on very expensive surgery. Most researchers have said to just start slowly and
look at the barriers that stop you from exercising. In the end, you are
spending about thirty minutes of your day to benefit yourself and it cost a lot
less.
This is all just a common sense thing to me. Some people
look at this as ‘I should just take the easy way out and get a surgery.’ What
most people do not know is about the side effects that come with this. From
exercising and being physically active you feel much better. I say this out of
personal experience because not only do I exercise every day, but I push myself
to strive for my goals. All you really need is a goal and some passion and in
the end you will have lost more weight then you expected to lose to begin with.
