Beating the virus: We need to cut glucose and prescription drugs not calories and fat

By Jerome Burne

It’s official. Being over-weight is bad for your health. For decades we have been getting fatter and we now top the European weight league.

 We knew that dropping a bit of weight could cut the risk of heart disease and make you beach ready, but it meant going on boring diets and even if you lost a few unsightly pounds, you’d probably soon put it back again. 

Now Covid-19 has ruthlessly exposed the deadly relationship between an expanding waistline and a shrinking life expectancy and action is promised.

Our self-confessed portly Prime Minister’s brush with death has pushed weight loss up the public health agenda and plans are underway to get us all on bicycles with large sums being poured into cycle lanes along with vouchers for bike repairs.

But what are the chances the new campaign will work? After all, the weight loss industry is already worth billions and not noticeable successful. (more…)