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Body Mass Index and Rubbish Weight Loss Programmes

As I write this column I am wrestling with a bout of flu or Covid-19. One health expert has told me that Covid-19 is not completely gone and it rolls in on the wheels of flu. So sometimes when you think it is flu it could well be Covid-19. So if I stop mid-column just know that Covid-19 has got me or I have got Covid-19.

I am currently dealing with issues more serious than distinguishing between flu and Covid-19. The most significant thing that happened to me was to attend a Wellness event last Saturday. Usually men, including yours truly, avoid such events because at these events they will tell you things like

• You are dangerously close to being diabetic • If you don’t quit smoking very soon you will start coughing large amounts of trachea.

Editor's Comment
‘Fake’ drugs: A matter of life, truth and accountability

When claims of such gravity are made, especially by a sitting Assistant Minister they cannot be brushed aside, delayed, or treated as routine political noise. Even the Ombudsman has confirmed receipt of a report from a political party and a review of these complaints is now underway. That is a necessary first step. But it is only the beginning. The seriousness of the allegations demands urgency, transparency and clarity. The public is entitled to...

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