Gastric Bypass Surgery
Topic: Gastric Bypass Surgery
Proposition of Policy: People who are morbidly obese should seriously consider undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
Thesis Statement: People who are morbidly obese should seriously consider undergoing gastric bypass surgery because obesity kills and gastric bypass surgery is the only way to quickly and permanently lose a large amount of weight.
I. Attention Step What do Sharon Osborn, Rosanne Barr, Carnie Wilson, and Al Roker (Tauber) have in common other than fame and fortune? Well, they all used to be morbidly obese and decided to have gastric bypass surgery in order to lose weight. Many of us may consider this a very extreme way to lose weight. However, every year many people are rushing to their doctors to have this procedure. Since the year 2000, the number of gastric bypass surgeries performed in the U.S. has doubled from 40,000 to 80,000 (Tauber) (Fact & Statistic).
II. Needs Step 1. Two out of every three Americans are overweight (Statistic). 2. Fifty percent of the people who are overweight are obese. That is one out of every three Americans (Provost MD) (Statistic). 3. When a man is 100 pounds or more overweight or when a woman is 80 pounds or more overweight, he or she is then considered to be morbidly obese (National Institutes of Health) (Definition by Example). 4. Obesity causes many debilitating, and often deadly diseases like diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, asthma, cancer, fertility problems, depression, and anxiety. 5. Once you are morbidly obese, you only have three options: 1) do nothing; 2) change your diet and start exercising; or 3) have gastric bypass surgery. 6. Doing nothing is definitely NOT an intelligent solution because it will only result in death. After all, 300,000 people die every year because of obesity (Statistic). 7. Dieting and exercising seem to be a very intelligent choice. 8. Unfortunately, dieting, exercising, and using
Proposition of Policy: People who are morbidly obese should seriously consider undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
Thesis Statement: People who are morbidly obese should seriously consider undergoing gastric bypass surgery because obesity kills and gastric bypass surgery is the only way to quickly and permanently lose a large amount of weight.
I. Attention Step What do Sharon Osborn, Rosanne Barr, Carnie Wilson, and Al Roker (Tauber) have in common other than fame and fortune? Well, they all used to be morbidly obese and decided to have gastric bypass surgery in order to lose weight. Many of us may consider this a very extreme way to lose weight. However, every year many people are rushing to their doctors to have this procedure. Since the year 2000, the number of gastric bypass surgeries performed in the U.S. has doubled from 40,000 to 80,000 (Tauber) (Fact & Statistic).
II. Needs Step 1. Two out of every three Americans are overweight (Statistic). 2. Fifty percent of the people who are overweight are obese. That is one out of every three Americans (Provost MD) (Statistic). 3. When a man is 100 pounds or more overweight or when a woman is 80 pounds or more overweight, he or she is then considered to be morbidly obese (National Institutes of Health) (Definition by Example). 4. Obesity causes many debilitating, and often deadly diseases like diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, asthma, cancer, fertility problems, depression, and anxiety. 5. Once you are morbidly obese, you only have three options: 1) do nothing; 2) change your diet and start exercising; or 3) have gastric bypass surgery. 6. Doing nothing is definitely NOT an intelligent solution because it will only result in death. After all, 300,000 people die every year because of obesity (Statistic). 7. Dieting and exercising seem to be a very intelligent choice. 8. Unfortunately, dieting, exercising, and using
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