More than one third of US adults are obese. That’s according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And a small minority of adults and now teenagers are taking matters into doctor’s hands and opting for weight loss surgery. On Monday, March 24th at 10pm, Independent Lens will run a documentary titled “All of Me: A Story of Love, Loss and Last Resorts” about a group of friends who opted for this way of losing weight Dr. John Romanelli, medical director of weight loss surgery at Baystate Health joins me to discuss this.

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