There's a lot I could write but I'd just be re-stating what's in the article which has a lot of important information. Fat is a symptom not a cause of bad health. The "war on fat" has made people fatter.

I read a book that said very similar ten years ago but not much as changed so clearly we need someone to try again.

What if we let our kids eat what they want? A radical new take on the weight debate

Modern parenting is preoccupied by the idea of perfection, and that includes weight. Virginia Sole-Smith, author of a brave and radical new book, talks to Rebecca Seal about why our worth shouldn’t be measured by size

^{Rebecca Seal (The Guardian)}