Foods behind obesity must go up in smoke

It now appears to be politically incorrect to point out to people who are fat that they are a danger to themselves and society around them.

The conventional wisdom seems to be focussed on how genetic patterns and a lack of education are core reasons behind the epidemic of obesity stretching across the world. We must, apparently, look to medicine and therapy as the means of addressing this crisis. What a load of hooey.

A few facts: obesity levels have doubled in the last 30 years in the West; obesity is directly linked to heart disease, diabetes and various cancers and; more than a third of US adults are obese and 17% of children. A pretty picture, isn’t it?