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The morality of fat |
16 August 2004 |
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 Are anti-obesity campaigns really moral crusades?
Earlier this year, the House of Commons Health Select Committee published its report into obesity. It defined two thirds of the population as overweight or obese, and the cost to society as £7.4 billion a year.
This was the latest attempt to focus the public’s attention on the dangers of food and fat and to persuade us that there is a moral case for the government intervening in the size of our bodies.
But why is fat a moral issue and are we in danger of defining most of the UK population through the prejudiced qualities we associate with fatness: laziness, lack of self control and disgust?
Jenni talks to Jessica Miller, Managing Director of pressure group, Any Body and Anna Coote, Director of Health Policy at the King's Fund.
Any Body
The King's Fund
The Department of Health
Health Select Committee report on obesity 2004
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