The Food Programme on BBC Radio4 this week presented the debate around changing / stemming the progression of obesity across the 'Developed' world, and I can recommend a listen...
Given what I have seen on my travels through day to day life whatever tack they take we are facing an uphill challenge. The people that I rather rudely snapped with my mobile phone camera in a local cafe were essentially a super-sized family. They sat down across from us and tucked into lunch followed by an excited round of cakes.
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| As a group I have a feeling these people were contributing to their own weight issues - "Oh , go have that half of the cake with me!" |
To me the changes have to come from simple non-judgemental education starting in schools and spreading out through adult groups. Education about menus, meal times, food options, food flavours, essential nutrition, exercise, movement, lifestyle, not simply pushing the message of ill-health and disease as if a big scary stick will have long term benefits. The strategies that rely on companies and industry to help drive change present such a monumental conflict of interest (they need to sell product to justify their existence, shareholder dividends, company bonuses and so forth).
Sure the education approach will take time to achieve, but it could be one of the few ways that could create appropriate obesity avoiding life long habits.
Sure the education approach will take time to achieve, but it could be one of the few ways that could create appropriate obesity avoiding life long habits.
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