Government Obesity Taskforce Head Named

After a report by a House of Commons committee, critised government, food manufacturers and advertisers over the startling increase in obesity across the country, the government have named the head of a new obesity taskforce, which will look at ways of promoting healthier eating. The head of the taskforce will be John Prescott and his deputy will be Ian McCartney.

The report by the select committee on health says, that if nothing is done to curb obesity, by the year 2030 all doors in public buildings, cinemas, pubs and clubs, will have to be widened at a cost of £15 billion.

There are also worries that sports arenas, such as football grounds will have to have their stands strengthened, so as to cope with the extra weight. Furniture manufacturers have also demanded government subsidies for research into stronger sofa and bed springs.

There have also been calls to ban the advertising of unhealthy foods, but this has been strongly opposed by groups such as, "The Healthy Monosodium Glutomate Promotion Organisation" and "E Numbers Are Fun".

It is now estimated that 25% of the country is now classified as obese, leading to increasing anxiety among scientists over greenhouse gas emissions from these people. One leading scientist has urged the country to stop over eating and become vegetarians.

The down side of this will be that, although we will all be healthier, greenhouse gasses will increase enormously, leading to an even bigger hole in the ozone layer.

Latest figures suggest that we will all be fried to a crisp within 25 years of everybody becoming vegetarian.

17th June 2004

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