I would ask though how much is school responsibility and how much is parental? !
I totally agree that it is parental responsibility but by teaching the children at school you can be sure that you are passing on correct information and educating the parents of the future.

[/QUOTE] I am not a nurse or doc but do we deny a person who has cancer from smoking treatment or even a person who has an STD from not practicing safe sex? [/QUOTE]


I know i'm going to get lynched for saying this but I believe that if someone is being treated for lung cancer and they smoke or is waiting for a new liver and is still drinking alcohol then they don't deserve the money/time that is spent/wasted on them. In reality I know there is no way of monitering this but deep down it is the way I feel. I am not comparing this in any way to Obesity, mearly responding to the earlier comparison.

I do believe however that it is similar to the treatment that can make an addict become clean without going through withdrawels. An addict has to go through the agony of withdrawel to stop themselves from doing it again. If there is no pain and suffering then what's to stop them getting high again? I think lap band surgery is similar. If the problem that made these people over-eat isn't cured then surgery isn't going to cure it. If you have lost weight by making life changing decisions about healthy eating and exercise then you are far less likely to put it back on again. If you can look back at the hard work and sweat that it took to lose weight then how much more proud of yourself will you be and how much less likely to do it all again?