basic words --- 3

obesityについて

  Surgery should be a last-resort treatment for obesity. Operations involve risk, which is compounded by anesthesia and post-op recovery. But sometimes the last resort is the best option. Surgery is justified when the alternatives pose an even higher risk and when the potential benefits outweigh the dangers. Gastric bypass is getting safer all the time: With experienced surgeons, the mortality rate is much less than 1 percent, and the likelihood of an uneventful recovery is 80 percent or higher. (Research local surgeons to find one who does the procedure often, at a center with a large number of patients and a low complications rate; these statistics should be available upon request.) The risks aren't trivial---they range from mild infection to life-threatening blood clots---but surgery is probably less risky than your brother's current weight.
  After the bypass, diet and exercise will be essential. But before he commits to these changes, your brother should address his depression, since obesity is often a visible symptom of other problems. His overall health will improve only if he attends to his head and his waistline.
(Katz, David, L. "The Way to Eat." The Oprah Magazine Apr 2005: 100.)
[2006 上智（経）]

obesity=the state of being very overweight
post-op(eration)
Gastric bypass　<gaster-「腹部の」＜『ガスター１０』←この薬、テレビのCMでやっているけれど、危険な薬といううわさも

その他の用語
surgery
treatment
anesthesia
mortality rate
complications rate
recovery
symptom

一般的な重要語/句
last-resort
statistics
trivial
likelihood
uneventful
procedure
essential
commit (to)
address
depression
attend (to)