Last year, the SciencCentral story Weight Loss Surgery Cuts
Cancer featured Jennifer Schultz’ experience of gastric bypass
surgery. In this extended video interview, Jennifer shares the
story of her lifelong battle with morbid obesity and how the
surgery helped her to transform her life. If having children is
on your agenda and you want to help them avoid being overweight,
lose your own fat before you get pregnant. That’s the message
from researchers who have found obesity during pregnancy can
cause lifelong obesity in the next generations. It may be the
closest known thing to a cure for type 2 diabetes: gastric
bypass surgery, currently done only for major weight loss. But
one surgeon hopes to prove that a similar surgery could help
non-obese diabetics. Meet a diabetes patient who’s determined to
have the surgery. Can surgically removing belly fat lengthen
your life? Researchers working with rats have found that it
does. Trying to cut calories at that fourth-of-July barbecue?
Diet foods and drinks may not be