Oliver warns of obesity ‘horror show’ in Britain

BRITAIN will face an obesity “horror show” unless action is taken to tackle it over the next 10 years, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver warned yesterday.

He said: “The obesity problem is an epidemic, it’s a massive problem. If we don’t deal with it in the next 10 years, it’s going to be 10 times harder to fix, and it will be a horror show.”

He was speaking at a news conference after addressing a parliamentary inquiry into health inequalities at which he warned Britain was facing a “new kind of poverty” he had “never seen before”, where many parents were unable to nourish their families — not through lack of money but lack of knowledge.