So you have a hankering for a quick lunch or dinner. The greasy spoon or fast food joint down the street will hit the spot. Its close by and is bustling with people. But there is some competition in the Wild West that wants your business as well to run some of its operations, your local hospital. An editorial written by Drs. Yoni Freedhoff and Rob Stevenson published in the July 28, 2008 edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal blasts many of the country’s hospitals for not practicing what they preach.

• Dr. Yoni Freedhoff is Medical Director of the Bariatric Medical Institute in Ottawa