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According to Wikipedia (i recognise not a flawless site), gastric surgery results in a " 89% reduction in mortality over the 5 years following surgery, compared to a non-surgically treated group of patient".
If that is true, it may be worth considering, even though of course a natural approach would be better.
You say your friend has always been overweight. Unfortunately, and I don't mean to be crass, people like this often die always having always been overweight (indeed, I can't think of many obese children who ever beat obesity as adults).
I know a guy at high school who got his stomach stapled, and if you see him now, you would think he was in perfect health. It is not necessarily I bad idea
If that is true, it may be worth considering, even though of course a natural approach would be better.
You say your friend has always been overweight. Unfortunately, and I don't mean to be crass, people like this often die always having always been overweight (indeed, I can't think of many obese children who ever beat obesity as adults).
I know a guy at high school who got his stomach stapled, and if you see him now, you would think he was in perfect health. It is not necessarily I bad idea
