Why Are We So Fat?

Overweight woman

Gastric bypass is major surgery that shrinks the stomach's capacity from wine bottle to shotglass size and reconfigures the small intestine. Most patients lose about two-thirds of their excess weight within a year of surgery. "Gastric bypass surgery is a tool," Sugerman says. "It reduces the stomach. The patient can't eat as much. In most instances, if a bypass patient eats sugar or fatty foods, it provokes a dumping syndrome that causes flushing, nausea, sweating." You could say it's almost like Antabuse for the obese. Even so, the operation fails in 15 percent of cases. Some patients can subvert the surgery. They overeat by snacking continuously.

And the surgery is risky. The list of possible complications includes blood clots in the lung, pneumonia, infection, leakage from the reshaped intestinal tract, and—in one out of a hundred cases—death.

Hay, 39, is five feet five (1.7 meters) and weighs 314 pounds (142.4 kilograms); she is morbidly obese, which makes her a candidate for the surgery. Her managerial level job in the human resources department of a financial company demands tact, efficiency, and organization—qualities she exudes. She has a close circle of friends who would do anything for her, a clear sense of who she is, and few illusions of who she is not. She dresses stylishly, has long blond hair swept back by a headband, a classic oval face, and fair complexion. But she is—let's face it—huge.

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