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Obesity figures have gone sky-high in recent years, with estimates saying that the number of people with weight problems will increase even more in the following interval. Because of this, talk of a pandemics is warranted, as also is that of the measures needed to keep it in check. One last such method would be deep brain stimulation (DBS), which involves the insertion of electrodes into the brain to send small electric charges to it and thus alter the “dieterâ€â€™s perception on fullness and even attitude to food altogether, the Daily Mail says. DBS is already being used in treating diseases like Parkinson’s and it’s now being considered for use in treating obesity. A three-year trial is currently underway in the US, with two volunteers having already undergone the procedure. Should the surgery be approved by the US Government at the end of the trial period, Dr. Donald Whiting, a neurosurgeon at West Virginia University Hospital that has performed two such intervent!
ions, says, other countries as well, including the UK, will consider allowing it to be performed on patients who have tried it all and failed to lose weight. As Dr. Whiting points out, drilling holes into someone’s brain to have electrodes placed there and then literally “zapping†the brain...
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