National Obesity Week To Be Promoted By NPA, UK

What's the big deal? In the USA, they promote national obesity every day.

"The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) is working with the National Obesity Forum (NOF) to promote its first ever consumer awareness week this year. National Obesity Week (NOW!) will run from 2-8 November 2009 and will encourage the public to find out their body mass index (BMI) from their local pharmacy.

The NPA and NOF will promote the importance of the public getting their BMI checked in community pharmacy throughout National Obesity Week (NOW!). All pharmacies looking to take part in the week should ensure they have BMI weighing scales and help signpost the public to where they can get more help on losing weight. Additionally pharmacies can promote their own weight management advice and programmes as well as offering tests for cholesterol and blood pressure throughout the week."

Oh, yeah...and they can also sell IMHO useless and/or harmful products allegedly for weight loss, too.

Wanna bet that is the intended outcome?