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- From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
- Subject: Re: Adiposity 101
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.002227.12156@spdcc.com>
- Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
- References: <1993Jan01.012918.4555@omen.UUCP> <1993Jan3.063107.9871@spdcc.com> <1993Jan03.131036.23291@omen.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 00:22:27 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan03.131036.23291@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg) writes:
- >>How can you call the surgery described there "love handle removal"?
- >>You're removing the steamer trunk, not the handles.
- >
- >The one report of post liposuction weight gain I've read
- >concerned an increase in breast size following, yes, "love
- >handle removal". It is possible the breasts atrophied while
- >subjects crash dieted in an attempt to rid themselves of their
- >love handles; after the liposuction and cessation of crash
- >dieting the breasts would return to normal size.
-
- Liposuction is not a method for weight loss; it merely removes local
- fat deposits which are thought to be unsightly. I think only about
- one, er, quart of, er, stuff can safely be removed at a time, and that's
- a maximum. This is a much different procedure than large scale fat removal.
- You seem to come to some very peculiar conclusions from what you read.
- Why an increase in breast size after liposuction would be interesting
- either way isn't immediately obvious, nor are the conclusions to draw
- from such an increase obvious.
-
- >Steve, can you cite some refereed papers in the scientific
- >literature, or is this another "tabloid factoid"?
-
- I've seen it cited frequently enough in the obesity literature, as evidence
- that new adipocytes can be formed in response to eating. I don't have any
- references handy. Even without trying to have an explanation in hand, it
- stands to reason that people will still gain weight if they eat too much.
-
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- Steve Dyer
- dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
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