Obesity7

Michael Cook

Topics Politics

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Rob Lyonscalled for a ceasefire in the war on obesity and warned about the way the government was using obesity to start weighing into family life. Patrick Basham and John Luik argued that dieting is a waste of time. Dan Travis thought giving children pedometers was a step in the wrong direction. Josie Appleton said there’s more to childhood than counting calories. Or read more at: spiked issue Obesity.

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