English: There is increasing concern by health professionals in the UK and elsewhere, about our "obesity crisis". Many of them say this should be high on the list of priorities for improving public health.

Which led Haringey Council to commit £300,000 of increasingly scarce public funds (part-grant; part 'soft'-loan) to subsidise a supposedly healthier fried chicken restaurant for children and young people.    This in turn led me and others to question whether this huge investment in one small private company was the most effective way to spend increasingly limited public money.    It also added to my observations of snacks and fast foods offered in public spaces. There seems to be an easily available and often inexpensive supply of foodstuffs high in sugar and fat content.    Or, as Dr Asseem Malhotra, co-author of an Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' report said in a news report on the Independent Television Network News (ITN) :   "We have an over-supply of cheap sugary or energy-dense   foods and that limits our ability to make healthy choices.   And that's why we have a problem which is affecting the   majority of the population". [Source ]

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§ Guardian article about Chicken Town restaurant. The fried food joint that’s trying to tackle teenage obesity. § November 2013 Guardian article about a street food stall in Newham Fried chicken fix: after-school fast food. § "Row over £300k funding of chicken restaurant". Source: Haringey Independent 29 July 2015. § Council admits it is actually £300,000 for Chickentown‏. (Source : Haringey Online (HoL) website.) § "Luck, luck", said Chicken Finger-Lickin as coins, banknotes, bitcoins and euros rained down on her. "I must go off to tell my Bank Manager. There seem to be some stinkingly rich councillors around here." "Or maybe", said Haringey Cllr Joe Golduck, with a wink: "They are spending someone else's money?" (Source: One of my comments in a discussion on Harringay Online website.) § Diabetes and obesity linked to number of nearby fast-food outlets, study finds. § Guardian article 19 March 2015. Obesity rises faster in areas covered by Los Angeles fast-food ban. § The dark truth about chocolate. Observer article by Nic Fleming. 25 Mar 2018.

§ Children in England have already reached this year's sugar limit, warn experts. Sarah Boseley, Guardian Health editor, reports on guidance by Public Health England. 15 Jun 2018