Cookery courses for obese people are pointless, and ministers know it | Hugh Muir

Ministers know the solution to the obesity crisis, it’s the same as how they weaned Britain off smoking. They have to dare to be a ‘nanny state’Let’s not be unreasonable: governments can’t control everything. Systems fail. Events creep up. But it’s a matter of legitimate concern when risks are known, quantified and still inadequately addressed.As a society we have a complex relationship with risk, straddling the law, politics and commerce. Many will say the ri