Every government since 1992 has recognised obesity as a serious threat to public health. The various administrations since then have between them produced “at least 14 strategies, 689 policies and 10 targets, and at least 14 key institutions and agencies variously created and abolished”, according to a new report by the Institute for Government thinktank.
Despite all that, obesity has grown relentlessly as a problem for individuals, the NHS and the UK.
