Monday 13 June 2022 06:34 PM Boris Johnson says the best way to lose weight 'is to eat less' and rules out ... trends now
Boris Johnson today told fat Britons that 'eating less' is the best way to lose weight.
The Prime Minister, who has repeatedly battled his own bulge, ruled out taxing sugary and salty food amid the cost of living crisis.
A levy was recommended by his own food tsar, Leon-founder Henry Dimbleby, who wanted food manufacturers and restaurants to pay an extra £3 or £6 per kg of sugar and salt, respectively.
But the radical proposal, dubbed 'nanny state meddling', was not included in No10's new food plan.
Eton-educated Mr Dimbleby claimed the strategy failed to deliver what was needed in the fight against obesity.
Mr Johnson, however, defended the move on a trip to the Southern England Farms in Hayle, Cornwall today.
He told reporters: 'What we don't want to do right now is start whacking new taxes on them that will just push up the cost of food...
'Of course we've got to champion healthy eating, got to help people to lose weight, there are all sorts of ways of doing that.
'The best way to lose weight, believe me, is to eat less.'
The PM also said that companies are already shrinking sugar and salt content 'very substantially'.
Defending the move in Cornwall today, Mr Johnson told reporters that 'whacking new taxes' on food makers would 'just push up the cost of food' and the companies are already shrinking sugar and salt content 'very substantially'
Mr Johnson, an avid runner, claimed to have lost a stone in the summer of 2020 after being shaken by his crippling near-fatal bout of Covid.
At his heaviest, he is thought to have weighed
