I guess the UK NHS has a problem to solve about issuing fiats.

‘Patients to lose weight before NHS treatment’

Patients could be required to stop smoking, take exercise or lose weight before they can be treated on the National Health Service, Gordon Brown has suggested.

In a New Year message to NHS staff, the Prime Minister indicates people may have to fulfil new “responsibilities” in order to establish their entitlement to care.

Size zero epidemic as hospitals face huge rise in patients with eating disorders

The number of patients needing hospital treatment for eating disorders has soared, it has emerged.

The findings are sure to renew concerns about the effect “size zero” models and celebrities are having on the body image of many youngsters.

I don’t know whether to eat tofu or a bag of high fructose sugar solids, while watching this all play out.

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