Road to self-destruction

If the human race does not have enough to contend with as it battens down the hatches against climate change, world food shortages, growing international terrorism and a credit crisis, it seems every day another government department, charitable institution, TV chef or expert warns that the UK is not only in the midst of a global outbreak of obesity but a national scourge of binge-drinking is leading the country's younger generation to an early grave. The fears that obesity is worsening are as real as its dangers. The Department of Health's Forecasting Obesity report predicts the number o...