It seems fair to say this government, turning one year old this week, has not yet achieved a reputation for speedy resolution of major national crises. Yet within the new 10 Year Health Plan is a radical plan – to make Britain “fat free” by 2035.
Tackling obesity. It’s something every government since the early 1990s has tried, but failed, to do. Rates of the disease have doubled in just a few decades, and food-related diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes, heart disease and cancer have also skyrocketed. Our diets are fast overtaking tobacco as the leading driver of preventable disease and early death.
