The worst diet in the world

Sign on the subway

My body is at the lowest track, 
With the stink of piss and rats.
No scars, no fat, no unhappy.
Four white men will end the stigma.
They will make me thin
With one small knife in my gut.
The bacteria and urine won't mix.
My stomach already wounded by dieting
Won't survive,
And I will die on the subway platform
Surrounded by a bikini
and how I lost 140 lbs that saved my life

(c) Lara Frater, 2011

Three years ago, Marissa Jones was labeled "Britian's fattest teenager." (I bet she felt great to get that title.) She weighted 475 lbs. Doctors told her that if she didn't lose weight she would die. They pressured her to have surgery, which she did. In late 2009 she regretted having the surgery but now things have gotten worse. Malissa is terrified of eating, she can't carry a baby to term and is anorexic. Now doctors are telling her if she doesn't gain weight, she'll die. And no matter what happens, it is always her fault. It is her fault for failing to lose weight and her fault for gaining weight.

Clinical psychologist Dr Funke Baffour from Waltham Cross, Herts, said: 'There would have been psychological reasons for Malissa' obesity that a gastric band would not have dealt with. 'It is not surprising she has swapped one emotional relationship with food for another.'Perhaps, subconsciously, Malissa is so afraid of becoming obese again, she is stopping herself from eating.'

The above ad makes it seems like WLS is quick and easy. But it isn't, it affects a major organ that we need to live.  Just check out this happy fun chart  from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery about emergency care after these surgeries.  Teenagers who are still growing may not get as extreme as Malissa, but do lose bone density (but it's okay because their bones were fat!)  And the lapband? The supposedly less invasive WLS, has half the patients wanting a reversal.

So in honor of International No Diet Day, this is my choice of the worst diet ever. (Okay maybe starving to death sucks too. And the surgery can cause that also!)