EPIDEMIC IN BRITAIN Obesity is considered to be as an epidemic in the Eastern (Western?) world. Official figures released some months ago in Great Britain showed that, a record 20.2% (per cent) of youngsters were obese by the time they left primary school and that the gap between rich and poor children who were overweight was widening too. Undoubtedly, Britain is among the heaviest wealthy countries with the worst obesity problems and this comes, of course, at the expense of the it’s public health status. But obesity is not only a dangerous public health threat that leads to a string of serious illnesses, but it also harms the national Economy. The cost to the NHS of treating obesity means that every person in the UK pays an extra £409 in taxes a year, and the loss to economic output loss is the equivalent to 944,000 missing full-t. For this reason, Government’s officials have taken action in order to tackle obesity by implementing anti-obesity policies, which whose goal is to both to halt the rise in obesity for future generations and benefit the economy economies. What was supposed to generate agreement among the general public, has however caused uproar from in a large number portion of population though. The reason: a controversial measure was adopted that consisted on a banned on eating and drinking on public transport, especially on the trains. On the one hand, those who have to spend an entire day travelling on the train are completely against this for obvious reasons. On the other hand, many people argue that this is not the real problem, as the bulk of snacking by children takes place in the back seats of family cars and not in on public transport. Personally speaking, I think that this is just the tip of the iceberg, and those who need to be controlled are not the people who travels travelling public , but those responsible for the products and the their marketing. All in allI. In summary, the Government has recognized the magnitude of the obesity problem