Obese people are bulking up even more in an effort to qualify for free weight-loss surgery, according a report in the London Daily Mail.

Government guidelines state that anyone with a body mass index (bmi) above 35 and a related medical condition should have surgery paid for by the National Health Service.

But some local health trusts have raised the qualifying limit to 45, forcing patients to pile on the extra pounds, according to the British Obesity Surgery Patients Association.

Man, talk about unintended consequences. That must truly be depressing, to be too thin for surgery, but too fat for life.

So what would you do? Would you try to gain weight or try to lose it on your own? Let me know what you think.

-- Amanda Barrett, amNY.com