October 26 is World Obesity Day. As risk firms continue to refuse medical insurance for weight loss surgeries surgeons mull a resolution to demand cover in such cases since obesity has become a life-threatening disease. With insurance companies refusing to provide health cover to bariatric surgeries the Obesity Surgery Society of India (OBSSI) has decided to pass a resolution terming obesity as a life-threatening disease. Insurance companies generally refuse health cover to obesity-reduction surgeries saying such procedures are cosmetic in nature. Around 20 obesity surgeons from across the country will meet on Sunday to pass the resolution. (Read: Is bariatric