To suggest that enforced national food rationing might help solve the nation's obesity problem?

[Lucia39]

During the period 1939-1954 the nation's diet was, apparently, the healthiest it has ever been.

So would a similar regime assist helping those who are increasingly "dimensionally challenged"?

Vegetables, fruit, and pulses would be more freely available but meat, dairy produce, sugar and fats would be strictly rationed.

Any thoughts?

yikes she has scary bulgy eyes,psychotic from lack of nutrition

Oh good grief the abuse comment is abhorrent.

lol lucia39..you are bonkers..

it's a good idea in theory..but in practice wouldn't work...as xenia says, the fatties tend to be people on low incomes or benefits...to deny them their saturated fat would be too much....education is the way to go.

Thunderduck they were delicious. Ended up costing me heaps though cause we screwed up a couple of Mum's pans and I had to replace it.

Note for beginniers: Sugar that has been fried onto something is impossible to remove.

sm, dd1's friend had a deep fried mars bar at the chippy just last week. She is most def scotish

LOL. I'm very impressed that you made your own deep fried Mars Bars.

Re the op. Enforced food rationing will not work. Let's get real.

The government needs to put limits on the amount of utter crap that is allowed to be pumped into processed foods. They could also restrict marketing of crisp and confectionery manufacturers and raise quality. They probably won't because a lot of Very Big Businesses will be cross.

But the shite we eat is a serious problem.

that's an age thing though riven...poeple tend to get fatter as they get older..

and did she enjoy her cholesterol bursting snack.some chippies do snickers etc too

nigella lawson showed us all how to make a deep fried bounty bar on telly.

well, apprently she likes to order one a couple of times a year. dd1 felt a bit sick at the thought.

Well I think it would help everyone if a calorie count was put on the front of EVERY product.

theres a chippy here will deep fry anything you take in to them

just read xenia's post - var good.

I don't think calories are the biggest problem, though, quatt. It's the Crap. The Crap is the problem. We need to take food back from the processing factories, make it real again.

yeah keep food real.sound like da staines massif

Umm yes I see your point about the CRAP but surely eating a moderate amount of CRAP would be better than overdosing on it?

unhealthy food = cheap, healthy = expensive

Not True

I think the problem Quattro is that many people only eat the crap (and I include all "diet" foods under the term crap).

booyakasha

Depends what you think crap is, quatt.

Home-baking is not crap. It's good stuff. But it's high in calories so don't have too much of it. Same re bread, butter, jam etc.

Deep-fried, hunners of chemicals, gloopy emulsifying additives, ready-made, salt and sugar addded in bulk, overdoses of oils, CRAP.

Crisps, British 'chocolate' confectionary, nearly all British food which is marketed as Snacks, CRAP.

aye keep it real

Ali G:Iz simple, two words: keep it real!
Cabinet M.P.: That's three words!
Ali G: Don't be a spannah, it ain't a real word. It's short for innit, innit?

my fave quote of so many

I've just been introduced to Borat by DS. Is hilarious

where have you been, quatt, not to know of borat?