There's something not quite right about the Ryan Lochte incident at the Olympics where he reported that he and his two pals were robbed at gunpoint. The local police have now ordered that he surrenders his passport whilst investigations are ongoing, and the two he was with have been prevented from leaving the country. Very odd.
Meanwhile, a long awaited report into what will be done about child obesity (an epidemic according to some) will be published today and the obligatory early leaks seem to indicate that actions include: almost nothing. I'm not sure what everyone expected, but that's about in line with my own personal expectations. The so called 'sugar tax' is supposed to beat the confectionery manufacturers up and persuade them into lowering the sugar content in sweets, but all it did was create a few meaningless headlines. There doesn't seem to be any easy answers to this, but maybe the focus should be on the parents - giving them advice, healthy freebies etc. and could be a more cost effective solution. Some seem to think that a ban on advertising would fix it, but I'm not convinced on that one. It didn't stop people smoking did it? The problem with sweet things is that they are, well... sweet aren't they?
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