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Medics want obesity helpline on clothes
Saturday Dec 16 08:59 AEDT
Large-sized clothing should carry tags with an obesity helpline number, a British Medical Journal report says.
The report, compiled by a group of public health professionals, recommends the phone numbers be placed on tags on women's garments sized 16 and above, and on those with a waist measurement of more than 100 centimetres for men.
Clothes with waist measurements of more than 92cm for boys and 79cm for girls should also have the helpline number, the report said.
The report warns that rising levels of obesity could bankrupt Britain's National Health Service (NHS) if left unchecked.
Obesity treatment accounts for nine per cent of the NHS budget.
Other measures recommended by the report to combat the problem include banning the placement of sweets near shop checkouts and at children's eye level, taxing processed foods high in sugar or saturated fat and allowing new urban roads only if they include cycle lanes.
"Medical practice must adapt to the current epidemic of obesity and nutrition-related diseases," the report said.
"The profession must unite the forces of public health and acute services to generate sustainable changes in food and lifestyles: matters at the heart of our cultural identities."
Saturday Dec 16 08:59 AEDT
Large-sized clothing should carry tags with an obesity helpline number, a British Medical Journal report says.
The report, compiled by a group of public health professionals, recommends the phone numbers be placed on tags on women's garments sized 16 and above, and on those with a waist measurement of more than 100 centimetres for men.
Clothes with waist measurements of more than 92cm for boys and 79cm for girls should also have the helpline number, the report said.
The report warns that rising levels of obesity could bankrupt Britain's National Health Service (NHS) if left unchecked.
Obesity treatment accounts for nine per cent of the NHS budget.
Other measures recommended by the report to combat the problem include banning the placement of sweets near shop checkouts and at children's eye level, taxing processed foods high in sugar or saturated fat and allowing new urban roads only if they include cycle lanes.
"Medical practice must adapt to the current epidemic of obesity and nutrition-related diseases," the report said.
"The profession must unite the forces of public health and acute services to generate sustainable changes in food and lifestyles: matters at the heart of our cultural identities."
