To get back to the OP - I read about this story a few days ago.

Basically this fat woman, who's dietary habits were basically listed for all to see, is saying that the NHS should pay for her gastric banding or bypass surgery that she wants. She says it's the only way for her to lose weight and that staying fat will cost taxpayers more by her being 'on benefits'.

First, that sounds like blackmail. But I digress.

Now here's the interesting thing. She says she can't stop eating - and hasn't been able to since her pregnancy. She basically turned into a glutton when she could suddenly use the excuse that she was eating for two - despite the fact that the "#2" she was eating for was the size of a pinhead at the time.

For a person who WILL NOT stop eating, gastric banding/bypass won't work. You will be in SEVERE pain and all kinds of complications will occur.

This has all the hallmarks of someone who THINKS up an idea and finds some headline-hungry news 'reporter' and makes an issue out of it.

Remember, NHS *does* have some good parts to it. One individual was FINED because he swallowed a large amount of coins so he could keep getting treated at a hospital. I wonder if they'd apply the same standards to her.....