Weight loss surgery increases social acceptance, but body remains problematic

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All of a sudden the once obese women are treated with respect in society. But underneath the clothes the skin is saggy and it takes a long time to become familiar with the “new” stomach.Food which was easily digested one day makes them sick the next. The slimmer they get, the more loosely hangs the skin on their body. They get looks from men which they didn’t get before. They used to be morbidly obese and super visible, yet completely invisible.They used to have to shout in order to be heard at work. Today, people ask their opinion. It is provoking. And it is nice. It feels ambivalent, and it is a challenge. And if everything used to revolve around food before, it certainly does so now.In her doctoral thesis, Karen Synne Groven at the University of Oslo has interviewed 22 women who have been through the bariatric surgery gastric bypass, in which the stomach is reduced significantly and part of the small intestine is re-routed in order to reduce the intake of food.The interviewees are between the age of 24 and 54. …


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