Australia Must Follow British Lead On Obesity - AMA

Playing follow the leader with the policy equivalent of a lemming. Another large-scale failure in the offing.

"The AMA says the Australian Government must match Britain's determination to tackle its obesity crisis by adopting a national obesity strategy.

The British Government this week announced it would commit 372 million pounds over three years to a major cross-government strategy to fight the obesity epidemic in Britain."

Among the published canards:

" The AMA recommends that any national strategy to combat obesity should include:

- active Government support for public health programs that inform, educate and support people around evidence-based good nutrition and exercise,

- Government subsidisation of the cost of basic nutritious foods in those parts of Australia where costs are consistently above the national average."

The first puts money in the pockets of their members.

The second wrongly assumes that "healthy" foods are costlier.

Certain failure.