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Originally Posted by cardinarky  I really enjoyed the Brookhaven episodes. From what I have learned over on the Reality TV forums, this show aired in 5 or 6 parts originally back in May of this year. I really enjoyed the show myself. I was surprised to see the number of people on the forums who outright hated it.
They felt that the Dr. was simply exploiting Medicare/Medicade and had no real interest in weight loss programs.
I found the psychology of each patient at Brookhaven incredibly interesting. If you had asked me 6 months ago how may people in this country weighed more than 600 pounds, I would have guessed less than 50.
The show is bringing out the fact that there are 1000's of people in this condition around the country who are bound to their homes and are not seen.
We have an outright epidemic of obesity in this country and I feel Brookhaven brings that to the table and public conscience.
There is another clinic in Ohio that also has programs for the (Eric Cartman term) mega-obese. It again shows a snapshot of what is really going on in our society.
To me the shows are great motivators to continue. They show what can really happen. |
+5 internets for South Park reference.
I do agree on the epidemic, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were more than 10,000 people in the US who weighed over 600lbs. I think a lot of these shows are serving as an eye opener to many; it's just too bad all these obesity programs took so long to get started.