Most of you seem to favour obesity, have a look around you and see the fat people waddling along the street, the UK is now on par with the US, any means is ok to get our country back to being slim and fit.

I don't dispute that obesity is on the increase in the UK. But they are still in a minority compared to people of 'normal' weight.

Every individual can decide to lose weight, or eat healthily if they choose (as I do myself). IMO, the government banning everyone from eating 'unhealthy' foods is interfering with people's freedom to eat what they like. It has been in the past, and should be, a matter of personal choice to eat whatever you like, and to take the consequences of over-indulgence.

By all means, tax unhealthy foods to discourage people from eating them, but don't ban them. If (say) chocolate and chips had an 'obesity tax' on them, then overweight folk might try to find cheaper (and healthier) altefnative foods. But everyone could choose to occasionally eat chips or chocolate, as a treat, and would pay the price financially if they do.

I'm surprised that this government in particular doesn't seem to have thought of taxing unhealthy foods, they seem to want to tax everything else.

I just object to this government's policy of interfering with our personal freedom to live as we choose (as long as it doesn't affect other people, of course). As I said, they'll be banning drink next - and that's when I'll leave the UK.