Another person of my acquaintance died of complications after a stomach stapling operation. The medical community halted that procedure here in MA for a time, but reinstated it. Since obesity is a growing problem (no pun intended), and since people of low means cannot afford the best of diets, there is a market for a pill (moderately priced), that would satisfy dietary requirements, etc.. I expect to see infomercials touting this in a matter of months. Somebody's going to make a mint.
"since people of low means cannot afford the best of diets"
These people are on welfare and get food stamps no excuse for a poor diet no matter what your situation, you can always find food, hell there's an art (if you will) called dumpster divin', from what I hear plenty of restaurants throw away good edible food so even if you're homeless you can find decent things to eat, where there's a will there's a way.