We have an obesity crisis, but Big Public Health are the last lot we should let near it

At least half the women I see on my morning walks have fat bums. And when I ride my bike, I see a lot of male cyclists with fat guts. Between tight tracksuit pants and lycra cycling shirts, they are hard to miss; there are a lot of fat people around.  

A Thai lady visiting Australia, the mother-in-law of a friend, came to the conclusion that absolutely everyone in the country is overweight. Compared to Thailand, it is easy to see why — about two-thirds of Australian adults and a quarter of children are overweight or obese. Furthermore, it is getting worse – the number of people with obesity has more than doubled in the past decade, from 2.7 million to 5.8 million. If the trend continues, she will