Title: Britain's poor diet more deadly than its smoking habit as alcohol related deaths soar
Headings: Britain's poor diet more deadly than its smoking habit as alcohol related deaths soar
Britain's poor diet more deadly than its smoking habit as alcohol related deaths soar
Content: Later this year the Government is due to publish a new strategy to tackle obesity. The number of deaths from alcohol-related disease has grown
Simon Stevens, the head of the NHS, has said the health service could be bankrupted by the strain of weight-related disease if current trends are not reversed. One in five children is obese by the time they leave primary school, and two in three adults are overweight or obese. In June, Mr Stevens said parents and society were doing something “terribly wrong” in how the next generation was being brought up, which would fuel a tide of diseases. He called for a change in the nation’s habits to turn around current trends. “Cutting down on junk food diets, couch potato lifestyles, cigarettes and booze could make Britain one of the healthiest places to live in the world, while saving taxpayers billions on future NHS costs,” Mr Stevens said. Public health officials are also drawing up recommendations for ways to help reduce the amount of sugar consumed in Britain. The proposals could include limits on the standard portion sizes of chocolates, sweets and fizzy drinks which are sold. Prof Kevin Fenton, the PHE director of Health and Wellbeing, said: “ As a nation we are eating far too many fats and far too much sugar.