Latest articles from Health and Medicine Info (http://www.health-n-medicine.info) http://www.health-n-medicine.info 2009-01-08T20:42:30+01:00 text/html 2007-11-13T13:13:28+01:00 http://www.health-n-medicine.info http://www.health-n-medicine.info/men-gastric-bypass-a2140.html Why are so few men having gastric bypass weight loss surgery? It’s been my experience that obese men, like obese women, are ashamed of being fat, ashamed of failing to lose weight and ashamed to take the last-resort surgical option for weight loss. And unlike women, men don’t cluster to talk about their “feelings” or the shame and self-loathing that accompanies obesity. Not surprisingly, many men feel very alone in their battle of the bulge.