This story struck a cord with me today. I've just returned from a wonderful sunshine break in Fuerteventura. This was my first European beach holiday in 15 years. My teenage kids came here back then. This time I travelled alone.

What I did notice was the amount of grossly overweight people there, compared to 15 years ago. I thought no more of it until I read this story.

It states that the cost of a gastric band bypass can be as much as 11k.....I beg to differ. ..a guy at work had it done by the NHS at an overall cost of 18k.
That was 5 years ago. ...He is now back to his original size.
It was pointed out that very few of these operations are successful. ..because it's a mind issue.