tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post2758999766200157929..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Meet the new boss...Christopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-37811842947531053452013-04-01T22:55:21.787+01:002013-04-01T22:55:21.787+01:00One million obese children should have personally ...<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/9959254/One-million-obese-children-should-have-personally-tailored-get-fit-programmes-says-health-watchdog.html" rel="nofollow"><i>One million obese children should have personally tailored get-fit programmes, says health watchdog</i></a>:<br /><br />QUOTE <br /><br />Professor Kevin Fenton, Designate Director of Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England, said drastic measures were needed to tackled what he describes as an "obesogenic environment" and help the 1.3million children who are obese in England to lose weight.<br /><br />Public Health England is a new body which started work on Monday April 1 “to protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing, and to reduce inequalities”.<br /><br />Prof Fenton is in charge of the new agency’s health and wellbeing, screening, mental health, health inequalities and public health programmes.<br /><br />UNQUOTEDavid Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345636878071983416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-67185772318214486152013-03-29T17:31:56.834+00:002013-03-29T17:31:56.834+00:00By jingo! If you add the British weather to the eq...By jingo! If you add the British weather to the equation, I am jolly glad that I live in Brasil - where only lip-service is paid to such patronizing creeps as those who run these blasted organizations - and, of course, the weather is absolutely perfect. Even the thought of visiting Blighty makes me feel anxious and I don't really regard it as my country anymore.NJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029310454977877828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-70065645666913969142013-03-28T23:26:53.432+00:002013-03-28T23:26:53.432+00:00I've been wittering on about this since Februa...I've been wittering on about this since February 2011. Public Health England, big money, and devolution of Public Health responsibilities to local authorities, god help us, from 1 April 2013.<br />No-one took any notice so I think I'll change my username from Lysistrata to Cassandra.Lysistratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193876192173490810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-13886487165722697442013-03-28T20:13:44.267+00:002013-03-28T20:13:44.267+00:00Dear God, not another bloody health lobby? Who are...Dear God, not another bloody health lobby? Who are they? Escapees from another quango that was torched? And the budget they have! You could just about solve the drinking water problems in Africa with that kind of money! And this in a time when UK PLC is about to call in the receivers!<br /><br />I give up, I really do. The idiocy is truly monumental.nisakimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563041282703559939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-26290737096479565882013-03-28T19:08:10.833+00:002013-03-28T19:08:10.833+00:00Disgusting. A complete waste of our money at a tim...Disgusting. A complete waste of our money at a time when decent people who make a real contribution are being asked to take pay cuts or work part time. How does the government even begin to justify this? Ivan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364023294207490403noreply@blogger.com