Tuesday, February 27, 2007

"I don't like vegetables"

The eight-year-old, fourteen stone (194lb, 89kg) boy who North Tyneside social services wanted to take into care learnt his fate today. It has been decided that he can stay with his parents, but social services have reached a "formal agreement with the family to safeguard and promote the child's welfare".

Also today, Prince Charles called for McDonald's "restaurants" to be banned in order to improve the nation's health. This is the latest in a series of pronouncements by the Prince on a wide range of issues, including global warming, trade, and obesity.

Both of these stories reveal, in my humble opinion, a complete lack of understanding of obesity. Unhealthy food has been around for decades in vast quantities, yet obesity has only become a serious problem in recent years.