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I’m fat and I’m fine with the new measures
Contrary to the outrage-mongers online, the new attempts to tackle obesity are not attacks on who I am as a person — they’re a sensible response to a societal problem, writes DANNY JENNINGS
Research since the start of the pandemic suggests that the overweight are at a significantly higher risk of contracting the virus, so reducing the amount of obesity would be a good thing
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YESTERDAY the government announced the introduction of a new series of measures aimed at reducing the amount of crap food that people have access to.
This is primarily taking the form of reducing and removing the availability of “buy one, get one free” offers on particularly unhealthy meals, but it also includes a ban on junk-food advertising before 9pm, a variety of consultations and national awareness campaigns and, possibly, the banning of online advertising of junk food altogether.
A reduction in obesity levels would obviously be a good thing, but against the backdrop of the coronavirus crisis it is particularly important.
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