‘I’m a doctor – here’s how I would solve Britain’s obesity crisis’
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From a GP to the head of the behavioural ‘nudge’ unit, three professionals give their opinions on how to tackle our weight problem.
By Charlotte Lytton
For 30 years, curtailing obesity rates in Britain has made it onto successive prime ministers’ agendas – yet it’s proven to be the nettle none can grasp. Fourteen strategies, 689 policies and a further 14 bodies specifically set up (and then disbanded) later, waistlines in the UK are only growing, with nothing seemingly able to halt the trend.
A report this week found that menu calorie counts, introduced with the idea of encouraging customers to cut back, are often way off the actual number of calories contained, making it appear little more than a tick-box exercise. Boris Johnson’s plan to ban junk food deals has also been scrapped, with Rishi Sunak saying that a cost of living crisis is no time to further increase food prices. At the same time, obesity now affects two thirds of UK adults, at a cost of £6 billion to the NHS each ye...
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