Let me stop you right there. You seem to be implying that diabetes and obesity are some sort of conscious lifestyle decision on the part of the parents ... obviously you can’t be saying so because that would be completely fucking absurd.

I'm not implying that at all. I'm stating there are certain lifestyle decisions, intentional or otherwise, which might exacerbate such an issue. Take the case study again as an example: The mother in the case study buys donuts because they are "cheap and filling". Well you know what else is both cheap and filling? Rice. It might not meet governmental dietary guidelines for nutrition even still, but it's a much better alternative to having donuts for dinner.

If you actually went on to read my entire post past the first paragraph, you would have noted that I also stated there is an issue with healthy eating within the country, and that some of that is down to poverty (literally, my third paragraph and closing thoughts), however some of the other issues are also down to lifestyle.

Take the case study again. The mother in question has 4 children. The mother's decision to have 4 children isn't because of food prices or poverty, it's due to poor family planning. This could have been tackled by educational means within the system, but it wasn't. However, at its most base, her family would be better off if she had decided against having children 3 and 4, it's simple math in that it would have been two less mouths to feed, two less school uniforms to buy and so forth, therefore food and finances would have gone improved for the family - £60, although still low, feeds 4 mouths better than it feeds 6. However she did opt to have more children, and that has undoubtedly negatively impacted upon the entire family with regards to finances and diet. What's done is done, there is no reversing it, but the fact is that food prices are not to blame for her and her partner's decision to have more children.

I never stated the entire problem would be solved through lifestyle choices, as you seem to be implying both in tone and content, but the matter of the fact is that there is some blame on certain lifestyle choices as well as food prices and poverty.

At the end of the day, my point was that the issues are far more complex than just food prices and poverty - these are not the only causes for such issues. Tackling them will only go so far, improvements must be made in other areas to improve the situation on the whole.