Christopher Snowdon: healthy lifestyles are a burden on taxpayers

If you work in health, Christopher Snowdon is supposed to be the enemy. He defends smokers, opposes minimum pricing on alcohol and argues against sugar taxes. He thinks the wellness industry is "mostly a force for bad" and that nutritional epidemiology, the science underpinning nearly everything you have ever been told about food, is a…

ByJon LipseyAugust 6, 20260Comments

Nobel Laureate Dr Michael Levitt: My COVID controversies

Professor Michael Levitt Professor Michael Levitt is a biophysicist and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013. He has been professor of structural biology at Stanford University since 1987. He holds South African, American, British and Israeli citizenship. He lives in California. Follow him on X. Visit the Michael Levitt Lab. "I was angry…

ByJoe WarnerApril 1, 20240Comments

Christopher Snowdon: The nanny state narrative won’t fix obesity

The question I am asked most often when doing TV and radio interviews is “so what’s your solution to obesity?” The question invariably comes after I have been pooh-poohing a nanny state proposal designed to interfere with the food supply. Leaving aside medical interventions such as bariatric surgery and semaglutide, my solution to obesity is…

ByChristopher SnowdonSeptember 1, 20231Comment

Christopher Snowdon: healthy lifestyles are a burden on taxpayers

Nobel Laureate Dr Michael Levitt: My COVID controversies

Christopher Snowdon: The nanny state narrative won’t fix obesity

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