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- From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Adiposity 101
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.063107.9871@spdcc.com>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 06:31:07 GMT
- Article-I.D.: spdcc.1993Jan3.063107.9871
- References: <1992Dec23.105556.8340@omen.UUCP> <17939@pitt.UUCP> <1993Jan01.012918.4555@omen.UUCP>
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- In article <1993Jan01.012918.4555@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg) writes:
- >The papers describing surgical fat removal usually report
- >permanent weight reduction. There have been anecdotal reports
- >of weight increase after love handle removal, but these may have
- >involved previous dieting. I am unaware of any reports of
- >weight rebound caused by fat removal surgery itself - perhaps
- >Gordon has some documentation he can share with us????????
-
- How can you call the surgery described there "love handle removal"?
- You're removing the steamer trunk, not the handles.
-
- In any case, I've heard of weight regain after such major surgery.
- It's not "caused" by this surgery, it's generally caused by massive
- overeating after the surgery. This is a surprise?
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- >As stated in Adiposity 101, the potential long term effects of
- >immunological manipulation on fat cell numbers in obese subjects
- >with adipocyte hyperplasia are unknown. It hasn't been tried
- >yet, but may be effective in reversing diet induced hyperplasia.
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- Let me just that that I wouldn't want to be the first to volunteer
- for any kind of immunological attack on fat cells. The potential
- for disaster seems almost limitless.
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- Steve Dyer
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