Earlier this week, I had the mixed fortune of coming across this article from the other side of the pond.According to the article from the BBC and Dr. David Haslam, from the group Experts in Severe and Complex Obesity (ESCO),• "Britain is in the grip of an obesity epidemic..."• "Surgery is available...cost-effective..." • "...the wrong people are getting it....some of those who are biggest should just be offered ‘palliative care' for their obesity."In a scant few breaths, Dr. Haslam identifies obesity as a problem, acknowledges that a cost effective treatment - if not cure - exists, and dismisses that treatment as impractical. For the Brits, it is the system itself, with its deadly leftist combination of moral superiority and collectivist mentality, which makes this procedure artificially "rare and precious." In 2008, US surgeons performed almost 10 times as many bariatric procedures as compared to the UK. The National...(Read Full Post)