"One way of saving money would be to disband pointless quangos like the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), which regularly comes up with inane suggestions about how to improve the nation’s health."

Nagging adults about their weight won’t solve the obesity crisis – teaching children about nutrition might

It will take a decade to change attitudes to food, and cooking has to be a central part of the school day, with compulsory school meals that pupils help to prepare

"One way of saving money would be to disband pointless quangos like the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), which regularly comes up with inane suggestions about how to improve the nation’s health. It would like GPs to get paid for encouraging patients with a body mass index (BMI) in the obese range to attend Weight Watchers and be offered advice about a healthier lifestyle. This morbid obsession with targeting the nation’s fatties is doomed. Being large does not necessarily mean you are unfit. 

The way to tackle overeating and poor diet is not by paying GPs (who are already very well rewarded) but by starting cookery and nutrition lessons at primary school, focusing on food preparation as a way of teaching social skills, maths and English."