A GROWING PROBLEM
Probably not the time to raise this, but it’s not just the goose getting fat, is it? The latest Health Survey for England stats estimate that 25.9% of us are obese and a further 37.9% are overweight. Even more depressing, 23.4% of 10-11-year-olds are obese and 14.3% overweight.
Obesity costs the NHS around £6.5 billion a year and is the second biggest preventable cause of cancer. From sugar taxes to cracking down on fast-food joints near schools, governments have tried various solutions, but none seem to work.
So what do we make of the suggestion (made by one of my show colleagues) that we start charging the obese for NHS services? Controversial, but do they have
