Nanny state or worse?
Tackling obesity by telling citizens what to do
Secretaries of State (SoS) for Health and Social Care come and go. None can resist the temptation to leave their mark. The UK’s Mr Streeting is no exception.
TTE has already analysed some of the evidence behind the drive for prevention
And the SoS fixation with tackling obesity via an App
This heady mixture of drugs and technology to confront the obesity pandemic might appear to be the right way to tackle the right target.
The latest iteration of the theme is a collaboration with food retailers to reduce the number of calories in products on the shelf. Soon, “New healthy food standard will see big businesses promoting healthier food and drink.”
The idea is to tweak some of the recipes and presentation of some foodstuffs:
