Whoa, she sure is hot!

Lest you think the growth in obesity is a big problem, in England, it is no more serious than global warming. According to this politician, weight change has a lot in common with climate change. Obesity, like the weather, appears to be a big scare used by British politicians to swindle the public out of more of their heard-earned cash, as punishment for using the tax-funded healthcare system inefficiently.

The public health threat posed by obesity in the UK is a “potential crisis on the scale of climate change”, the health secretary has warned.

Alan Johnson said the magnitude of the problem was becoming clear for the first time and “it is in everybody’s interest to turn things round”.

You missed the magnitude of the problem? Were you staring at the sky? Oh, wait…

Details have emerged of a government study which says half the population could be obese within 25 years.

Ministers are drawing up a long-term action plan to tackle obesity.

Ooh, long-term action plans! Wonder what ministers would do without all these potential crises on the scale of climate change.

The study showed there had to be “further and faster” efforts beyond existing anti-obesity measures to encourage exercise and healthy eating, Mr Johnson said.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has backed a long-term action plan to fight obesity, funded by money earmarked in Tuesday’s Comprehensive Spending Review.

Taxes; drain; pour. And if you are healthy, and look after your weight, and eat a balanced diet, and waste an hour a day exercising, tough. You still get to pay because the government thinks it is their responsibility to tell other people to exercise and eat healthy. You still get to pay the minister who uses your overweight neighbour as an excuse to rob you blind.