The reeeeeeeesponses are just too much for them. The government's health department realises that'll probably lose them a lot of votes, so they make the top bods in the NHS (who like dabbling in politics) say that it's 'against the NHS constitution,' despite the constitution stating about the need to use limited resources in the most efficient way. So, they go round and round... 'Stop servicing the obese lifestyle' .... 'yeah but votes, here's some more money' .... 'we really can't afford it' .... 'look, it's votes, and an ageing population, we'll increase your budget' It'll reach a breaking point... Edit: Diabetes to bankrupt NHS, after even more money is pumped in. It's just not possible for this to continue indefinitely. So it'll then be sold off and privatised, with political bickering about which party 'broke' it. It's a hot potato... no politician wants this failing on their 'watch.'