Food industry not to blame for obesity

matthew lynn

It is wrong to blame the big food companies for the rising incidence of obesity and people have a responsibility to look after themselves

Eating may soon become a much more interesting, or hazardous, experience. The days when you could spend the morning munching on crisps at your desk, pop out at lunchtime for a triple-sized burger complete with chips and a milkshake, take time out for a few chocolate bars in the afternoon, before feasting on a thick-crust, two-foot pizza in the evening, are fading into the past. Try a diet like that in a few years' time, and you'll probably find yourself in jail - or at least paying heavy taxes and being banned from public spaces. Why? Because the obesity police are about t...