A recent study initiated by the Monash University in Australia revealed that a higher proportion of severely obese adolescents who received laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding lost more than 50 percent of excess weight.

In addition it reported that it witnessed large benefits to health and quality of life in comparison to those in an intensive lifestyle management program.

The researchers claimed to have interviewed 141 obese Australians to analyze the way they respond, when talked about weight loss. A majority of severely obese people held themselves as culprits for their obesity and said that they feel at war with their bodies more often.

Lifestyle programs that have included changes in diet, exercise, and behavior to promote weight loss often have poor results, the article continued. "Bariatric surgery is now extensively used for adults and is being evaluated for adolescents", the authors posted.

Most of the obese people were scared and extended concerns for the potential health consequences; however, they also hope that they have no other way but to carry on their overweight status.

Most of them want to distance themselves from public health messages about obesity and the word obesity because of the social stigma attached to the condition. People with moderate obesity do not discern any great reason to reduce some weight. They do not consider this as a high health priority.