Calorie counting gimmicks and sugar taxes won't solve obesity crisis
Calorie counting gimmicks and sugar taxes won't solve obesity crisis (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) In the early days of the pandemic obesity was identified as a key factor behind hospitalisation rates and deaths from Covid. The Prime Minister knew this personally, from his own brush with mortality last April. This is on top of the already well-established links between obesity and other life-threatening conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, cancer and heart disease. The government’s strategy to combat obesity, published at the end of July last year, is full of...