I'm suggesting that eating disorders are in the most part psycological, psychiatrical or neurologic problem that should be treated as such.
For instance bulimia is a symtptom of depression, so giving some Prozac and comportamental theraphy will cure the depression and this in turn will cure the eating problem. Saying to a bulimic (or anorexic) patient that it's only a question of willpower works less that giving them an electric shock.
At the same time bariatric surgery will maybe remove the symtom but not the underlying problem. Unfortunaely I think that having to go to the "asylum" is deemed a hameful thing, when instead having an operation at the stomach is not.
On a related note: i've quit smoking alone eight year ago, prom a pack a day to nothing. It's hard and requires willpower. IF someone likes to quit smoking but fails I'm the first to suggest them to call the Smokeline and get an appointment.
It was not you whom I was refferring, but i was thinking about one series of comment I've read in this thread about the fact that if one is obese is only for lack of willpower. Things that I've read since when I connected with a 2400 bps modem to a BBS: maybe I should have used the term "spitting venom behind a keyboard" to be more clear.
