Obesity post mortem autopsy *Graphic*

#22

Exercise is very good for your organs though!

#23

Welcome!

(In a #ketomarriage with @peggaloon) #24

Thanks for sharing! Reminds me of my uni days!

(Megan) #25

Yes, I did notice! That and making better choices. I never heard anyone say “low fat diet” but I feel like it was implied. I’m sad that the man thought his only choices were between cookies\candy and lettuce! There are so many more delicious and nutritious food choices.

(Christina Hansen) #26

Fascinating!

I’m reminded of when we dissected cats in my high school biology class and my lab partner and I got the obese cat, and we spent inordinate amounts of time removing visceral fat from everything so we could see and document the organs and arteries we were supposed to see.

(Kirsten Jordan) #27

I found this completely fascinating.Very surprised that I made it through the whole thing. I definitely do not want my insides to look like that when I’m gone.

(No I'm not mad - that's just my face) #28

Loved it, thanks.

(Meeping up the Science!) #29

I wish they had also dissected the brain/brainstem area. Too bad they did not take samples to compare to a typical brain. It was sort of an incomplete general autopsy (at least what we saw).

Still very educational. Thank you, nameless donor, for teaching us about our own bodies.

(David) #30

That was absolutely fascinating.

(David) #31

It makes me want to get a scan so I can see just how bad I am inside.

(Lindsay Clarke) #32

Wow, great insite to the ramifications of obesity. If only we could have all seen this in our school days.

(David) #33

If you enjoyed this, or found it interesting, then you’ll probably enjoy the Bodyworks exhibit, such as that being shown at the Menschen Museum under the Television Tower in Berlin.

What they do there is exhibit parts of the body, such as bones, joints, inner ear bones, slices of bodies, and even fully plastinated bodies.

What that means is that the parts on display came from, or are, real people.

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I was amazed at just how small the lungs really are, and how everything is packed into such a small place. They are roughly no bigger than a fist.

I didn’t take photos of any of the bodies, out of respect to the dead.

But, I did take photos of some of the texts.

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I also found it interesting that 50% of your ability to be happy is determined by your genes.

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Then, right at the end they have cards that you can write comments on, what makes you happy, what you’re going to change about your body if you can, etc.

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So, I left a pointer. Well, who wouldn’t ?

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(Guardian of the bacon) #34

We visited the Bodyworks display when it was at the Phoenix, AZ museum several years ago. It was fascinating.

(Aarn Farmer) #35

Just watched this. Wow! So eye-opening to see what all that fat looks like.

(Nikki) #36

Yes! Her hair was fantastic!

(Nikki) #37

Thanks for posting! I just got around to watching and it was incredibly fascinating!

(Robert) #38

I just saw this on Netflix. It is interesting to see what people are talking about, fatty liver, heart issues and lungs. My daughter is looking into going into the medical field, so I pointed her to this in hopes that she will look after her health better and help others.

(GINA ) #39

Whoa. That was something. I was expecting a really large person, like someone from ‘My 600 Pound Life.’ The lady was clearly overweight, but not huge by modern standards.

I think it would have been helpful to have had normal organs (even if they were models) to show a comparison.

I hope none of her family members see it. I wonder if they know. They covered her face, but I would recognize my mom’s feet.

(Robert) #40

I agree having a healthy comparison would have been good but he did give good descriptions of what healthy organs would look and feel like. It was interesting to see what people talk about when it comes to health implications of obesity.

(Madge Boldt) #41

I watched this on Netflix a few weeks ago. Very interesting. While watching it I was thinking that when donating your body to science, you must not get to choose what happens to it. I’m not sure if anyone would have signed up to have their autopsy filmed. This did not prevent me from watching with fascination.