I can't believe that we as a country have come to the point of allowing and encouraging our overweight children to get a lap-band in order to combat obesity. This is not going to make the situation go away. It's only just a quick-fix and not a solution. If a lap-band was meant to be in our bodies, we would have been created with it! We as parents need to teach our children the right way of eating to avoid surgery.

These kids are just this, they are kids and they don't understand the complications that comes with this type of surgery. The kids just want to fit into our world because they are probably being teased and abused because of their weight, or wanting to look like a famous celebrity, so they are looking for that quick fix even at their age. But this is where parents should step in and design a healthy eating and exercise plan for their child and to do the plan with them.

This will encourage their children so that they don't think that they are different than the rest of their family. Australia, you need to wake up and smell the roses. Lap-band for yourself or especially your children is not the answer to losing weight. We simply need to get up and move our bodies and learn how to eat natural foods. Realistically we as a parents haven't got the right to allow and sign that consent form on behalf of our children because they may regret the decision when they get older. What is this world coming to?