Health
Food education key to tackling obesity – The Guardian
Letter: The government’s £2bn walking and cycling initiative is a classic kneejerk response that will not address the problem, writes Tom McNab
If sport and exercise had any significant impact on weight, I would now weigh about 2kg. Both have many advantages social, psychological and physical but weight loss is not one of them.
The governments £2bn walking and cycling initiative (Letters, 30 July) is therefore a classic kneejerk response, ignoring the fact that we already have 10 million health club members, with more people engaged in sport than at any time in our history. The priority in controlling obesity lies mainly in diet. This …
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