gastric bypass: a life-saver? or a danger?

This article is informing about gastric bypass which is a major surgery, the final objective of it is loosing wheight! This surgery is basically taking out part of the stomach and the small intestine to make them smaller so the capacity of them is much less, this eventually makes people eat much less food because the stomach will be filled up in no time, after gastric bypass surgery hunger or eating to much will not be a problem. When surgery is done, patients lose about two-thirds of their excess weight within a year of surgery!
This surgery sounds like the perfect solution for over wheight problems doesent it? But that is not that simple it also has alot of risks, its not an easy surgery, after all its taking away a big part of your stomach and small intestine! The operation fails in 15 percent of cases, the list of possible complications includes blood clots in the lung, pneumonia, infection, leakage from the reshaped intestinal tract, and in extremely rare cases -death.

my opinion
I think this article is really, really interesting, I really believe its stupid for people to do this dangerous operation which includes taking away part of the stomach and which is really risky, i think people should stop thinking of the easy way out of over wheight problems and solve them with excersice, healthy eating, a nutrisionist etc, which includes alot of hard work but at the end its healthy and its what people should do.
As the article said, only people with severe severe over wheight problems should do this surgery, because its more dangerous and they have more risks of diseases by their overwheight than by the actual surgery, i think in this cases the surgery is good, but in other cases with people which could easily solve over wheight problems by exercise and healthy eating are too lazy and prefere doing surgery (the easy way out), i think that its a bad desicion that could cause so much health problems after!!! Although my opinion is that bypass surgery is a risky and extreme operation (I dont think its good reducing and taking away part of someones stomach) I also think its really good people are coming with new ideas to control over weight which is a huge problem now a days in so many places, and maybe with more study about it they could come to a solution with no risks!!! I liked alot this article ,i didnt know about this operation and I think its really interesting!
** maria rubio!