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Radio London and we've been discussing obesity in this city because it is a major problem and we want your calls on this this evening 7 double 2 for 2000 Nathan's answering the phones tonight why do we have this big obesity problem when it comes to London children over a 3rd are overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school Public Health England say London has a worse record on charted basically than most other global cities we took in New York Paris Madrid the figures show Barking and Dagenham has the highest proportion of obese reception people's 14 percent followed closely by Greenwich and Tower Hamlets more than half of Londoners surveyed saw a flood of cheap unhealthy food and drinks as the main factor leading kids away from healthy lives 2 fifth's thought there were too many fast food shops in their area with a 3rd stating that safety concerns about children meant youngsters didn't receive enough exercise so why do we have this problem how does the flood of this flood they're calling of cheap unhealthy food and drinks affect you in your life I know it effects me because they're there and they tempt you don't know they're everywhere in London wherever you walk there's something that's going to tempt you to bite when you go on the train you go to the railway stations there that Cornish pasties whatever you just one them don't you know they're tasty and you want them. To be done about this over 2007 double 240000 is the phone number I mean how many fast food shops of your in your area do you think there are too many but is it ourselves to blame you know I'm to blame for why eat is not the fast food shop that's to blame is it. What do you think I owe to I 7 doubled say 40000 Dari I signed from Dartford Hidari a. Good evening never speaking to the radio thank you very much for coming on what do you think about this new law on Sunday that takes that you missed the end of really and goodness yes because we didn't get all of it what we sang and the food labeling acts to explain right Ok so basically that is there's a few things. You will not want a lot when you're focusing on sauce food 1st of all I saw that as well I thought that yeah but the it's not me focusing on softly to London as it was saying that's not what I say in 7th Yeah but was it this this morning the ripple from one of the London College assignment. Was it Combs likes another yes it had one of the things they didn't like it so linking to that so the Labeling Act Yeah so. Even. Something called Gloss the site right you can buy it in the day I was shot school roundup it's what you square on your loan to keep the weight of like right you know the stuff yeah I think and I was talking about why it's not going to do anything to be done tell me they put it in fade right sprite on crops. Like I said if you imagine your see if you catch one of these. You can buy a cheap pepper for example you've said that Pepper opened it's hardly got any seats in it. You go you buy a nice organic Pappa it's filled with seat there's a reason for that. You go psycho something called modified Cohen's which ios I spy on her oh yeah not big in America or isn't it but I was actually begin in Europe as well right. How mad I went about this story. Right Funnily enough the b.b.c. I.t.v. Channel full b.b.c. To the Guardian the times the Telegraaf they've all done little articles over the years on little bits of this yeah so the information is there it's just you've got to remember it all to put it all together so to put the tracheal down dollar is the problem then. You've got Chait saying that in Michel Foucault said to you know you need to keep out of spinach to get the site nutrients pretty 990 and I saw one potion of spinach before 9090 would have given the old of it humans and on that you would expect to get from it now you need a case of spinach to give you that level of vitamins and all and that you would expect to get from a vat is extraordinary that was on b.b.c. One. And it comes from the Food Standards Authority because you know they break down the. The food and analyze them which is why we found the whole Smee scandal and all the rest of it are you saying forget fall fade anything we is not the same as what we're eating is a guy and that's why we're in the situation well yes because obviously once you type that chain. And it's already in your mind. The supermarket the food manufacturers I even type that shape and process it as Moshe's or and so to put it into the red emails and fall and everything else. But it's on you get it in a fast food place it's twice as bad as if you just bought off the shelf What is the e.u. Use involvement in a lot of this because this is interesting I detect I wanted to know more about the case of the the food lobby companies. It's American business it's American money at the base not lobbying the money that Jim Yeah because last 70 percent of the use of export comes here. We 70 percent of all buy grog. Now. That should tell you a big thing to start all over legislation went through the e.u. For us because we're members of a lot of seek out all the members and the members parts of Parliament. So that's how the system or so you saying now we're leaving the it's going to be better for us on the food and obesity front because we can make no knows about it only if. We revisit the legislation for the moment just taken everything to. Be time for everything right there people and we will look at that I suppose as we leave the and have all the legislation and then we'll look at everything. It will take forever won't it but this is a this is a crisis Daryn Listen thank you for that thank you for doing so much work on yourself Vining out about it and and telling us what you found out thank you for that area into offered a very good to get one what do you think about this why do we have this big childhood obesity problem in London specifically Barking and Dagenham the highest proportion of obese reception peoples 14 percent of reception peoples in Barking and Dagenham are obese then only just behind Greenwich then Tower Hamlets London has a worse record on childhood obesity The most other global cities why. 7 doubled to $40000.00 it's not the fast food outlet says Daria it's nothing to do with the amount of fast food shops that's what he's saying he's blaming this $990.00 law this food labeling law that came in just a statue was leaving as prime minister that's what he's saying and the you have something in this too he says you might be thinking no. It's just because there are more and more fast food and food outlets across London and people are eating them because you're tempted to go and eat stuff on you when it's all over the place everywhere looking appealing at you certainly works for me what do you think. 7 double 240000 is the telephone number and we're also talking about the River Thames we're celebrating the River Thames the saving a seal was spotted in the River Thames at Teddington lock yesterday it was put up on the sail map which is done by Zed s.l. . People and we talked to them earlier and there's a 1000 seals in the River Thames I was upset blown away by I really didn't realise how many sails were living in the River Thames but a 1000 is the number the last time they counted them all. So we were asking about the river how much does the River Thames play a part in your life 7 double 284-0000 is the phone number and we're looking for the most beautiful spot on the River Thames $81.00 triple 3 is the tax number starting with London we've got a few suggestions so far and our next guest I know is going to say where the houses of parliament Sol That is I mean that is a great bit of the river tabs isn't it looking at the Houses of Parliament because that's what we're going to be doing now we're talking politics again as we do every Thursday night with the political commentator Robert meek analogy Robert. Thank you is that your most beautiful spot of the river that part of that that is hard that is that is a wonderful spot particularly if you might say alcoholic standing out terrorists which have been looking. Very very nice and also put in I would say stretch of river by Hampton Court Palace. Is quite stunning. So much rule when you get to that yeah I've got a friend who lives there on that bed on the boat on how well you have amazing isn't it. Beautiful but yeah if you're if you're in the bowels of the House of Commons looking over you look at it and Thomas's Hospital. It is not nice to look out on the other way on the other side looking upon a man's nicer isn't it you're right you're right yes but it's still I just you can get more going to be more in the heart of London than stand in that the House of Parliament look in the Thames below did just get the start think of the history of what's going on it's remarkable viewpoint I think no one's in the House of Commons at the my medical recess but lots of politics is happening as Africa and we've had the big Boris Johnson breakfast speech this week having way. Yes they did he was he played a prominent role in the breakfast campaign he was really I suppose the chief Grex label at the time but this week he we each took a more conciliatory figure was it was calling for bricks to remain is to unite and move forward to look towards a strong confident looking he caved he was keen to stress the air we know this isn't about a v. Sign from the cliffs of Dover you know and it's not a time for gloating it's about getting all together I think I think Boris himself pretty realizes that you know he was once a very popular politician look he was in London on 2 occasions the Tories are they usually misname at the Olympics remember the press corps I never got out oh quite you know did I say any 80 Tory politician who could take London on to Maryland it's got some power because your blog is primarily a labor city so but that reaches been rather less and it's been so since Bracks it I think he he lost a lot of his original admirers particular I think we think about that infamous 2 engine 50000000 pounds a week for the n.h.s. Pledge made it has been much ridiculed ever since so I think it's a way boss he's trying to make up some ground he really tried and tried to get get the c.c.c. Argument and get back on the I better footing. How do you think it went because he was sweltering in that wasn't he nearly 8. I mean I thought he did Ok Actually I mean I'd say you didn't I think pretty much stuck to the government line didn't do anything particularly and barrack thing as I say was trying to be you know a pretty conciliatory with the remains side that you know that you realize that this now is a time for us all to come together say no not to gloat about winning he was keen to make friends to be honest I think it came across quite well Boris is always a clever boy and stayed in speaker it's ready to take lead though it's always a bit Ole of the place as well but you expect that from Boris but overall I thought I think people thought that was a pretty decent solid performance by Boris standards and talking and making friends Jeremy Coburn has been making more as a. Result of extraordinary story of the front of the sun I believe this week with suggesting that held meetings with a communist spy in the 1987 way would win but then the young the Jeremy called in it was warning the said spy about your British intelligence how they were clamping down on European spies across the u.k. Now I have to say he called himself been quick to dismiss this is entirely false the ridiculous smear and I think the very idea that Jamie Colby might have been speaking simple socialist left leaning types in 1908 until that shocking but I think to believe that he was somehow sort of briefing against British intelligence I think is probably a stretch to follow that that they've made an exciting story in some people's eyes this week but Labor were quick to dismiss it or suppose people who really support Jeremy Tobin couldn't care less because they've had his act everything thrown to him by the press and it just seems to be doing anything that's what I think I've got to say I love him alone with him I mean to call been is no is not going to be stopped by sort of people digging up stories the past saying oh my goodness he was quite on to stablish mentally dealt with some very left wing straight communist types we know that didn't stop. Jamie Colby in before me very well the last general election well beyond what was expected of him so you know I just we think it works any more I mean there are plenty of other reasons why Jamie Colby my end up failing politically namely not winning the next general election may not be a winning more constituencies. Occur across the country that he needs to but I think this trying to do these are obviously Jobs is saying you know he's got this really minute he says to pass I do think that really washes with people now Gavin ball we know him quite well he's the one that he was at home in London m.p. Croydon m.p. Lost a seat in the last election by few 5 any a few votes Gavin by what he started off in folks didn't this story was actually happened yeah it's a pretty much hit embarrassing on for him it's essentially the crux of it is that he on his Twitter account he responded to all the graphic pornographic tweet on Monday night now the reply was blank the Stations of the he must have been some mighty nice to click on this said Twitter page. Caused a great deal of embarrassment I mean it the spokesman said you know Gavin Barlow applied to this tweet in error a delete the reply regrets the embarrassment he's cold so they're suggesting it's just a blunder on his part now some people depending which side you follow that they will be rather more cynical than that they'll say well how did you happen to be clicking on such a site in the 1st place a very embarrassing game and again just highlights the hazards of facial hair and I have the figures and of course now for b.b. Done now he's now to resume a chief of staff in a we should say exactly now he they got the job after the last election she had 2 Joint Chiefs of Staff before Nick Timothy McVeigh and Hale suffered quite a backlash off that rather disappointing election result for them she had to get rid of both of Davies And Paul I was bolted having actually lost today in London state to be had chief of staff was seen pretty much the straight by someone who's pretty conciliatory when peace could get on where he's a nice audience and I used. Times I went. To intimate not against it as well but he generally did insights in Downing Street so this would be very embarrassing for him and finally now I'm rubbish at my times tables I can barely contain my 3 and 4 and 5 obviously the when it comes to the 6 times table I couldn't do anything and schools minister Nick Cave is not done well and that's why there is a we don't. Know we've lost Rob or what to say thank you anyway Robert that last Tory was going to mention was Nick the schools minister he's responsible for those new timetable tests for primary schools and in this week he refused to answer multiplication question when challenged on Good Morning Britain Jeremy Kyle asked What is 8 times 9 and replied I'm not going to get into this I've learned through bitter experience never to answer these kinds of questions. I don't blame him I want to be able to get it why is 9 times what is it 8 times 9 Do you know that Nathan immediately. 63 is it I don't know I couldn't do it 8 times 8 times night it's 72 you got it wrong Exactly that's why I didn't do it Robert Macon hopefully that next week on our political view of the week which we do every Thursday night here on b.b.c. Radio London All right we've been talking about obesity all night we want your Koos on this place out 07 double 240000 is the phone number over a 3rd of London's children are overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school Public Health England say London has worse record on childhood obesity the most of the global cities such as New York Paris and Madrid the figures show Barking and Dagenham has the highest proportion of obese reception school peoples 14 percent followed closely by Greenwich in Tower Hamlets more than half of London a surveyed saw a flood of cheap unhealthy food and drinks as the main factor leading kids away from healthy lives to think it's the that they were to many fast food shops in their area with a 3rd state in the safety concerns about children many youngsters did not receive enough exercise let's talk to Charlotte Stirling read about this Charlotte's especially still maternal and child nutrition very good evening. And they are fine thank you good thank you very much for coming on Charlotte what is the problem is it fast food most people say it's because it's fast food shops everywhere and recency much from them and that's the reason I think it's very easy to point to blame one thing or another if you read the media a look in the press you do see that every other week there's something else blamed for you know eating habits and eating habits but children but then most important thing is it really is not factorial there are so many different things to to lay the nest so many reasons why children are an unhealthy weight and also why they're not eating as well as they should say isn't just down to one fact it's not just fast paced and it's not just lack of exercise and massive combination of a number of things and really when we're dealing with in you know juice. 1018 to be honest one of the things I do with a new one all those things sorry for example Yes absolutely of course we live much more to dent the lifestyles you know you talk about social media of connecting with people is not out and about is the station way to say when the fact is but also