I have been accusing health experts and NHS of not really doing much to stem the tide of obesity, but it seems that this is not right.
More news on the biggest health threat to society came out yesterday when it was revealed that rates of surgery had rocketed.
It seeems that things like gastric banding and stomach stapling have been on the rise and the NHS is keeping busy trying to sort out the mess with surgery.
It's important to bear in mind that these are quite complicated operations, they carry risks and are only recommended for the most severely overweight people. Most importantly, according to the guidelines, they should only be used as a last resort when every other attempt to loose weight has been tried and has not been successful.
It's a sobering indication of where we now are with obesity that these last resort operations are becoming commonplace and it begs the question - what else, if anything is there to fall back on if all this fails?
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