Mr Motivator! Boris Johnson wants the nation to get fit to beat coronavirus in new anti-obesity drive that could include more gastric bands - as he says he is ‘as fit as a butcher's dog’ and does PRESS-UPS in his office
Boris Johnson is planning to put the nation on a diet to help people become fighting fit to beat coronavirus.
The Prime Minister is drawing up plans to speed up the battle against obesity after it emerged that fat people are more at risk of death and serious ill health from the disease.
Ministers are drawing up plans that include greater use of bariatric surgery - including gastric bands - as part of a wider fitness programme that includes diet advice and family exercise plans.
Other measures being mooted include bans on buy-one-get-one-free deals, free drinks refills in restaurants and mandatory calorie counts on food menus.
It came as Mr Johnson insisted he was back to 100 per cent after his own hospitalisation with coronavirus in the spring.
He has been spotted in recent weeks running in London - including at Buckingham Palace, and in an interview with the Mail on Sunday he declared he was 'as fit as a butcher's dog' before doing press-ups in his office.
“All the focus and energy is going to be on getting the nation fitter because, as the coronavirus has shown us, it will save lives,” said a Department of Health source told the Sunday Times.
In an interview with the Mail on Sunday he declared he was 'as fit as a butcher's dog' before doing press-ups in his office.
He has been spotted in recent weeks running in London (above) - including at Buckingham Palace (below)
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