Title: More spent on treating obesity-related conditions than on the police or fire service, says NHS Chief
Headings: More spent on treating obesity-related conditions than on the police or fire service, says NHS Chief
More spent on treating obesity-related conditions than on the police or fire service, says NHS Chief
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Content: Jonathan Isaby, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance: " Simon Stevens is right to raise obesity as an issue but he is wrong to say the sugar tax is a way to combat it. "Instead of capitulating to the self-appointed High Priests of the Nanny State in the public health lobby, the Chancellor should scrap this regressive tax as increasing amounts of evidence shows it simply will not work. Experts have warned that people are plumping up at such a rate that by 2025 roughly a fifth of the human race will be obese Credit: Dominic Lipinski
"Lasting change in people's diets will happen via a long-term cultural shift, by focusing on education and encouraging personal responsibility, not by hiking the cost of living for the poorest families." C ancer Research UK has warned obesity is set to become “the new normal” within two decades, after a study revealed that on current trends, almost three in four adults will be overweight or obese by 2035. Britain already has some of the worst obesity levels in Europe, second only to Hungary. Ten types of cancer are linked to excess weight which can also lead to Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and a range of other health problems. David Cameron has said Britain's obesity "crisis" must be tackled as seriously as smoking and has criticised “most disturbing” figures that show twice as many children are leaving primary school obese than arrive with the problem. He went on: “