The Hospital

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1. I watched 'The Hospital' last night and was disappointed with the attitude of Mr Paul Super. While I admire the work he undertakes for people with a weight problem, maybe a little compassion would not go amiss. Otherwise I enjoyed the programme.

   Posted by Beatrice Kinsella on 21/09/2009 13:54:20

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2. Ihave lost 8 stone without gastric band , but am dissapointed in the resultes., Why not be realistic and say you can lose all the weight and then nobody cares, i have skin lots but have been to the doctors to find if i had wanted a band it was so much easier to get one than tummy tuck , why did i bother as i will never look how i want to, The NHS do not reward good do's only these who sit and say i can't. What happenened to thr carrot and the stick. Ihave been to the doctors and they say i must go private at a cost of 14K can i afford this ?????? NO But you go on putting out programmes that will give wasters who are not that determined to lose weight and give them all the funding, to make them feel better and say that they can lose weighht and they will keep taking you for an idiot, Carrot and stick. Reward those that have done well not the other way round and this will work so well in schools as well. reward the under achieviers and we all become underachieviers.

   Posted by Diane Rogers on 20/09/2009 23:37:53

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3. This problem with obesity is really worrying me. I have a 6 year old grand daughter who is extremelly overweight.Even at this young age she does not seem to have the power to stop. She will eat anything and never seems to be full. I have tried to talk to my daughter about this but she is blind to my comments. She is also overweight. I think this should be nipped in the bud now before she is older otherwise I am sad to say I think she will be another patient in 12 or so years. However, I believe by then her habits of a life time will be hard to break and a gastric band won't stop the obvious cravings to eat. I would welcome somebody in authority taking my granddaughter to some sort of camp for a month to see if they could change her attitude towards food and to then make sure this is continued in the home, offering advice and support. This would obviously be expensive but I can't believe any more so than the expense to come in her later years when she starts to have health problems due to being overweight. It seems to me that the kids of today both demand and expect things to be handed to them on a plate and a quick fix is better than accepting they need to deal with the weight themselves. I am sure this comment will anger obese people who will assume I am and have always been slim. Not so, I constantly battle with being a stone overweight. I know that if you eat more than you burn off it will lead to fat and therefore I try hard to make sure I move more on a daily basis and try to regulate my over eating to 2 or 3 times a week. Paul Super could not have explained weight gain any clearer than he did, it really is simple.

   Posted by Heather on 23/04/2009 10:35:44

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4. I watched the programme with morbid fascination last night and was inspired by the attitude of some of the teens. Mr Super however seemed particulalry harsh and quite blatantly harboured his own worrying issues relating to food and nutrition. The fact he eats only a tin of tuna for lunch is unhealthy and his comments towards his team about eating 'beige' food were borderline bullying!

   Posted by chigallybogally on 22/04/2009 15:45:09

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5. Having just watched the show and Paul's video, it's easy to take sides here and pass judgement on folks who've got themselves into this loop of obesity. I myself have been over weight for sometime but enjoy exercise and cycling/hiking. I know which foods are bad and good but enjoy both. I'd say the message is obvious, if you're putting too much in and not enough back out, weight will gain. It's not scientific or a mystery. Gastric band patients must be at the point of no return. The lady who started the exercise regime will see results but it takes time. I hope she succeeds. Others who are less active and eat more than they put out will only get bigger - it stands to reason.

   Posted by Steve on 21/04/2009 22:22:05

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