Blog Post #1: Topic of Interest

One thing that I've read about recently that interests me a lot is the gap between weight loss surgery and quality of life. Statistically speaking, people that undergo weight loss surgeries have higher rates of suicide, which is obviously counterintuitive as most people that qualify for weight loss surgery get it at the recommendation of medical professionals to lengthen their life. I feel like there's probably a gap here that doesn't acknowledge emotional eating, which if taken away (some surgeries shrink stomachs or put on a gastric belt, etc.) immediately, may have some seriously negative psychological effects. I'm not sure what method or goal I'd have for that subject other than how to tackle the issue of suicide risk for people who have undergone weight loss surgery.

As for prof/tech writing and technical communication, I'm still unsure what I could research under that umbrella. The concept of "hedging" and how gendered language affects written communication might be something I could form a central question around. How do women and men write differently and how is this perceived by the readers, maybe?

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  1. Samantha RoybalSeptember 2, 2020 at 4:52 PM

    This is a really interesting topic. I didn't know that people who have undergone weight loss surgeries have higher rates of suicide. Although, it makes sense. This topic would be fascinating because one would think that someone who has lost weight would be happy, but there is so much more to it than that. It is not as simple as losing weight and then boom you're happy! You are right that emotional eating is not acknowledged enough. Psychologically, there are many things that go into play with someone who gets weight loss surgery. There is a lot to this topic that could be researched. As for prof/tech writing I am also unsure about what could be researched for that. Although, your idea about how men and women write differently has strong potential.

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