Obesity: The Post Mortem Page #7

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of the fat in your own body.

Well, it made me aware

of the fat in my own body

and the effect that might have

on my organs,

the strain it might put on my heart.

The way it may affect my liver.

I think that doing a post-mortem such

as this is a really fantastic way

for people to consider their own health

and their own mortality.

[Mike] We never really know

what we are going to find

when we examine the patient.

The first thing I noticed

when the body had been opened

was the markedly fatty liver.

I know from the history that was provided

that this lady died from heart failure,

but the findings in her heart

are extremely marked

and the severity of them actually

surprises me.

But before we did the post-mortem

there was no indication

that this lady had a fatty liver

and it is a possibility that

even if this lady

had not developed heart failure,

that she may have gone on to

develop liver failure due to the

fatty change within the liver.

[Vinette] We already knew a little about

the way this woman lived and how she died.

What we couldnt have known before

the post-mortem

was the extent to which obesity

would have ravaged her internal organs.

From the suffocating fluid in her lungs,

to her scarred kidneys,

creating a potent mix of life-threatening

obesity-related disease.

[Jodie] I know that health-wise

being obese and being large

it just isnt good so

if I can do this documentary to help other

people to see what it is doing to them

internally for them to motivate

their self

so that they can lose the weight so that

maybe they can have a child

or maybe they can live

a little bit longer,

a little bit happier, that is why I am

doing this to help people.

It is fine to have

like, politicians like a health secretary

or whoever or like, doctors on TV saying,

"I want you to eat less and move

more" kind of thing,

but until you can actually

relate that to yourself,

then you can say, "Oh, well, that's not

me. That's not going to happen to me."

I think a post-mortem

of someone with obesity

is going to be quite shocking

for a lot of people,

who maybe think they can deal with it,

and I have been there,

I have been there as well.

"Deal with it tomorrow.

I am all right right now.

Its not affecting...

I dont need a machine to sleep,

I can get around fine," you know,

and just putting off those choices

until tomorrow.

Time goes by so quickly

and its really important to think about

what is going on inside you now

and where that might actually end up,

where you could end up.

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