Obesity operations soar in U.S.

What they are really thinking alert!

“As the rate of obesity continues to climb, the health care system needs to be prepared for continued escalation in the rate of this surgery and its potential complications,” she said. (The "she" refers to Dr. Carolyn Clancy of the interestingly named Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.)

If it really cared, the sick care system would prepare to prevent the continued escalation in the rate of this surgery and its potential complications.

Keeping you fat, sick and a surgical candidate is more profitable, however.