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Obesity expert TAM FRY talks to Ian Sinclair about the simple measures that could truly tackle the nation’s weight problem — and why successive governments have been so unwilling to take on big business and enact them

BRITAIN has one of the highest rates of obesity in Europe, according to a May report from the World Health Organisation. As the research noted, obesity is associated with many diseases, including musculoskeletal complications, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and at least 13 types of cancer.
In 2017 Public Health England estimate the overall cost of obesity to wider society at £27 billion per year.
Tam Fry, the chairman of the National Obesity Forum and an expert advisory team member at action on sugar, tells Ian Sinclair what he thinks about the Truss government’s plans on obesity and what policies might actually work to address the deep-rooted problem.
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