LONDON. Remember when Boris Johnson said that the British had to be free to eat whatever they wanted, that they did not need a “nurse” for food and alcohol and, as a correspondent from Brussels for the Daily Telegraph, he did the anti-health crusades and against the EU to defend shrimp cocktail-flavored chips? Well, forget it, because by now the British Prime Minister has officially made the healthy change. And indeed today it has launched a new government body, namely the “Office for Health Promotion” in the UK.
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This new institution of the Johnson government, modeled on a similar one in Singapore, will take care of spreading healthy lifestyles for Brits and raising their level of health by combating smoking and obesity, of which Brits are among those who suffer. more in Europe: around 70% of the adult population in the UK is obese or overweight, which obviously has a heavy toll on UK healthcare as well. The Office for the Promotion of Health will be part of the Ministry of Health and will spread the new health creed of the Prime Minister to try to extend life expectancy and above all to combat the overweight of citizens, a condition that can aggravate the consequences of Covid, such as proven by various scientific studies.
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This is a crucial point for Johnson, who defines this new organism as “fundamental” and which in fact risked dying from the Coronavirus last spring: the British Prime Minister has always linked his hospitalization in intensive care also to his lifestyle and to bad shape. In fact, since Johnson was discharged, he has adopted a much healthier way of life, he runs and rides a bicycle almost every morning, he no longer eats “junk food” and has lost a few pounds. A turning point that seems also dictated by the 33-year-old “First girlfriend” and future third wife Carrie Symonds, animal rights activist, environmentalist, who seems to have convinced her 56-year-old partner to even become a vegetarian for a few days. But, at least on this point, the premier seems to have lasted only a few days before returning to the carnivorous belief.
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The new British “Office for Health Promotion” will join other measures envisaged by the government to increase the quality of life of its citizens. For years, the United Kingdom has had a “sugar tax” in place, ie a tax on sugary drinks. a measure that Johnson had promised years ago to remove and then, once in government, to turn around. In pub menus, the calories of each meal are highlighted. But now other measures are also being considered, such as hiding “junk food”. crisps and fatty foods from the most prominent shelves of supermarkets, today often close to the checkout counters: a privileged position that often makes you want to buy them.
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