'Fat' Category
Parents of Obese Children Guilty of Child Abuse
People in the UK are getting fatter. There can’t be many in the UK who have not seen the increasing number of enormously overweight children, waddling alongside their equally obese parents. The number of clinically obese children in the UK is increasing at such a rate that the government has taken steps to halt the […]
Poor Urban Planning Makes Children Fat
I have just been reading around a few blogs, forums and university studies on the subject of the much reported obesity epidemic. I was particularly struck by this post: Outdoor Play Facilities Urgently Needed and the warnings presented by Professor Dick Jackson that poor urban planning is a root cause of todays problems. And they […]
More Warnings Please
So we are about to see new, graphic warnings on cigarette packets presenting the grizzly effects that smoking has upon the human body. Good idea. If it contributes towards people kicking the habit then it’s a good thing, in my opinion.
We here at Amateur Brain Surgery think that the visual warning system should be extended […]