BBC: Obesity Likened to Climate Change? Isn't this a bit much?

...but since we've always had climate change and this isn't a global climate emergency, perhaps this belongs to the Department of Redundancy Department!

Obesity likened to climate change 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".
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.
Greater efforts
The government-commissioned Foresight report is expected to report on Wednesday.
It suggests the cost of the epidemic, in terms of health care provision and lost work hours, could reach £45bn a year by 2050, according to the Observer.
Professor Klim McPherson, of Oxford University, and Tim Marsh, of the National Heart Foundation, predict that within 15 years 86% of men will be overweight - but not necessarily obese - and within 20 years, 70% of women.
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.
We will only succeed if the problem is recognised, owned and addressed at every level and every part of society Alan Johnson, health secretary
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has backed a long-term action plan to fight obesity, funded by money earmarked in Tuesday's Comprehensive Spending Review.
The government is also due to ask the Food Standards Agency to probe the use of unhealthy "trans-fats", which have been linked to coronary heart disease, in fast food.
But Mr Johnson said individuals also had to take responsibility for their own health as part of a "cultural and societal shift".
He said: "There is no single solution to tackle obesity and it cannot be tackled by government action alone.
"We will only succeed if the problem is recognised, owned and addressed at every level and every part of society."
Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/7043639.stmPublished: 2007/10/14 04:35:44 GMT© BBC MMVII