My Yummy Chocolate CakeBen Bradshaw is being a utter prawn again. He is threatening the UK with many things. Here is an article where he tells us all that fatty foods will be banned if we do not obey him.
Again, we get back to the socioeconomic class issue. Lower socioeconomic classes have a higher prevalence of obesity. Lower socioeconomic classes also cannot afford "healthier foods". What are they going to buy - Sainsburys Basic Range chips lasting a week or 3 apples that won't go far.
My point of course is this, people don't like being dictated to, people don't like being told what to do. If the UK was made economically stable place, with money in their pockets and the price lowered for healthier foods, the Department of Health may see more success. At present, high fat foods are cheaper and that is what people will buy.
The Department of Health and their Health Promotion teams have got it all wrong hence they haven't succeeded so far. No one likes a nanny state, no one likes being dictated to and threatened during a recession. The problem of course with the Department of Health is this - policy is created by those from affluent backgrounds who haven't a clue about the average person on the street. Bradshaw is a trumped up ex journalist who clearly knows very little about health promotion or epidemiology [ and it shows].
The Department of Health should be advising on healthier foods and making those foods cheaper to buy. Currently, there is no incentive to buy the healthier option. At present, only the affluent can really afford to lead a totally healthy lifestyle while many others are forced to rely on bargains at Iceland.
I think Sainsbury's has a better marketting idea, advertising healthy meals that can be made for under a fiver. I am not sure Jamie Oliver lives totally in the real world because his maths doesn't quite get there. The government though could ensure that meals can be made for under a fiver.When going to Sainsburys, do take your Nectar card as well :). Every discount helps :).
Incidentally, there is nothing wrong with chocolate cake, regular exercise, regular meals and good sex :). The Good Sex bit comes from NHS Direct. I would ignore Benny the journalist and concentrate on being happy, being healthy and not being on a diet.
For all those who really want to be skinny - just get yourself admitted into hospital for two weeks. Hospital food is so yuk - you won't feel like eating it. I am surprised any patient recovers with that sort of nutritional disaster zone.
Again, we get back to the socioeconomic class issue. Lower socioeconomic classes have a higher prevalence of obesity. Lower socioeconomic classes also cannot afford "healthier foods". What are they going to buy - Sainsburys Basic Range chips lasting a week or 3 apples that won't go far.
My point of course is this, people don't like being dictated to, people don't like being told what to do. If the UK was made economically stable place, with money in their pockets and the price lowered for healthier foods, the Department of Health may see more success. At present, high fat foods are cheaper and that is what people will buy.
The Department of Health and their Health Promotion teams have got it all wrong hence they haven't succeeded so far. No one likes a nanny state, no one likes being dictated to and threatened during a recession. The problem of course with the Department of Health is this - policy is created by those from affluent backgrounds who haven't a clue about the average person on the street. Bradshaw is a trumped up ex journalist who clearly knows very little about health promotion or epidemiology [ and it shows].
The Department of Health should be advising on healthier foods and making those foods cheaper to buy. Currently, there is no incentive to buy the healthier option. At present, only the affluent can really afford to lead a totally healthy lifestyle while many others are forced to rely on bargains at Iceland.
I think Sainsbury's has a better marketting idea, advertising healthy meals that can be made for under a fiver. I am not sure Jamie Oliver lives totally in the real world because his maths doesn't quite get there. The government though could ensure that meals can be made for under a fiver.When going to Sainsburys, do take your Nectar card as well :). Every discount helps :).
Incidentally, there is nothing wrong with chocolate cake, regular exercise, regular meals and good sex :). The Good Sex bit comes from NHS Direct. I would ignore Benny the journalist and concentrate on being happy, being healthy and not being on a diet.
For all those who really want to be skinny - just get yourself admitted into hospital for two weeks. Hospital food is so yuk - you won't feel like eating it. I am surprised any patient recovers with that sort of nutritional disaster zone.
1 comments:
Maybe I am more cynical than you
The "government" (using that term loosely) needs people to be ill. It keeps the population in line, as far as the NHS is concerned, it keeps healthcare booming - depression or recession, healthcare is a growth industry, it keeps doctors in jobs etc, etc.
The kind of crap dictorial rubbish put out by the government makes sure the health message is not take seriously by the people who need it.
But I do like Jamie Oliver, I would spend more than a fiver for a dinner with him ;-)
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