Monday, 11 August 2008

The Knock At The Door – It’s The Fat Police!

Nurses will make unannounced visits to the homes of obese primary school children to try to sign them up to a weight- loss programme.

The controversial 'cold-call' project is aimed at securing the help of parents in getting children to reach a healthier weight.
Beats the Mormons and people selling the ‘Watchtower’, I suppose…
The East Lancashire trust's director of public health Dr Ellis Friedman said the project was 'very serious'.

'Where a child is found to be overweight, our aim is certainly not to stigmatise them but to help the child's family address the issues positively and within their means.'
Sure. I mean, it’s not like having the Fat Police call at the door is going to stigmatise anyone, is it?

I wonder if they’ll avail themselves of a cool vehicle to make their rounds, like the ‘Ghostbusters’..? Why not, it’s only NHS money after all. And that just grows on trees, doesn’t it?
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5 comments:

  1. DJ11 August 2008 at 17:28

    It's the 'unannounced' bit that pushes it over the top for me. Are they worried that if they give the kids any warning, they'll flush all the fat down the toilet?

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  2. Anonymous11 August 2008 at 18:57

    Lol!

    They are obviously quite well aware of how their arrival is going to be received, aren't they..?

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  3. John M Ward12 August 2008 at 05:24

    I think there is a greater 'fat' problem with the fatheads who dreamed up this idea than with the kids...

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  4. Anonymous13 August 2008 at 10:26

    How about a car shaped like a giant cream eclair? Or, to be really cruel and devious, they could drive around in an ice-cream van. When they approach the home of a 'target', they could switch the music on and wait for the fat kids to leave their hiding places and rush out. They could then catch them in giant (re-inforced) nets and drive them back to the depot.

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  5. Anonymous13 August 2008 at 14:01

    "Or, to be really cruel and devious, they could drive around in an ice-cream van. When they approach the home of a 'target', they could switch the music on and wait for the fat kids to leave their hiding places and rush out. They could then catch them in giant (re-inforced) nets and drive them back to the depot."

    Someone's been watching too much 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'... ;)

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