how do we do an intervention for a morbidly obese individual?

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Believe me, the person already knows they are way too large. It is great that you care, but any pressure put on someone who is overweight will only make them feel worse and only keep them from losing weight. A lot of times it will actually stimulate them into putting on more weight. No matter how well meant, the best thing to do for an over weight person is to not bring up their weight, their looks or that they need to lose weight. They already know all that and no matter how well meant, pointing it out to them is only going to backfire and make things worse. All that is proven facts in studies done by medical doctors and also in the psychiatric community. Just love the person for who they are. Not what their body looks like. Understandably, there is great concern about their health, but an intervention is not going to help that. If an over weight person is not ready to lose weight (and it is a very hard thing to do, almost anyone who is not over weight can NOT begin to imagine how hard it is to lose weight and to "diet") plus if they do lose weight, it will not stay off. If it is done for anything but themselves, it will NOT work. And most times when it is done for themselves because they are ready, 98% of the people who lose weight will put it back on. People are not over weight due to being lazy or all the old sterio typical ideas. There is so much proof out there now it is from genetics, and lots of other medical reasons. Please, do not put the person through an intervention. It won't help.

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Show them how many people it will take to carry their coffin? Tell them they will be missing out on children/grandchildrens life. Find an animal at the zoo that weighs the same as they do. Show them how much food they consume in a week, compared to an average person, and add up the cost. Fit as many average people as possible into a pair of their pants. Some of these things may seem mean and extreme, but you DO want to make an impact don't you? Lock the fridge/freezer/cabinets. Take away their credit cards and money, and have a designated person pay their bills and buy their food for THE WEEK! Take walks with them, even if it is JUST AROUND THE BLOCK. Call Jenny Craig, or Richard Simmons. Even call Montel or Maury if you feel you need to. If they are embarrassed enough, they will want to find a way to get better! Ask them, do they have to wipe their butt with a T.P. stick? I've heard of people who have been this big. I myself am over-weight, but I am only 255lbs. I used to be 280lbs., got down to 187lbs., and was injured which brought my weight back up since I can't get around. Movement is key! Good luck.

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