Would be better spent providing WII fit consoles to everyone.

James Barrel, Goole, UK

so why don't they pass legislation on the companies who make the food so there is very little to eat that is unhealthy. There is still far too much fat, sugar and salt in most prepared foods which a lot of people eat.

mike, sheffield,

Try less sugar, less carbs - you'll find you'll eat less, spend less, feel better, and never have to go hungry on a "diet". Cook simple, quick meals, ditch pointless bloating salads. What you eat is much more important than exercise.

Merivel, London, UK

This is another way for Labour to try and look good showing they 'care' for the population, when in fact all they have done is cause more havoc for people. If they truly cared they would make healthy alternatives available for all and also provide assistance to those in need.

Victoria T, London , Uk

I own a fish and chip shop. We have a lot of customers who come in more than three times per week, some come in nearly every day. I have no idea what else they eat but the majority of them are not overweight.

Karen, Adelaide, Australia

John B, I am overweight due to high levels of a medication I have been given since I was a baby. I exercise at the gym 3/4 times a week, swim twice a week and have an active lifestyle but despite this cannot lose anymore weight than I have. Why should I be denied treatment from the NHS?

Ness, Inverness, UK

Alice, you really are a wicked cage rattler.

C.Brooks, Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Chris, it doesn't cost £80 a week per person to eat well: I'm a student and I spend mabye £20 a week on groceries. I live close enough to the supermarket to walk, which helps, but the basics (vegetables, pasta, rice etc) are quite cheap

chris, bath,

Labour want us all to be nice and slim and healthy. Not too slim! Just right. Of course they should have thought of that when they were allowing state schools to sell off their playing fields. Well of course we couldn't have children running around playing football and trying to beat each other.

John, Chichester, United Kingdom

And what happens when all these wonderfully expensive schemes fail to create a thinner nation? Internment at fat camps? Perhaps forced weight loss surgery for those who are "non-compliant"? Last time I checked, fat people pay taxes too, and can be fully-functional, rational thinking human being too!

Jeannine, Corsham, United Kingdom

I recall reading, in 2008, Lord Someone-or-Other summing up his book on his year of dieting and exercise - 'walk more, eat less'. Hard to disagree.

Neil, Jakarta, Indonesia

Use some of that 75M to subsidize healthy food costs. The only reason people buy junk is because it's cheaper. If it was the other way around you'd find more people - especially those on a budget - buying better food.

Andy Duffield, Eugene, USA

Eating properly costs, including the trips to the supermarket and back, in the region of £80 per week, per person. I'm struggling to survive on £250 a week all in. QED people will live on chips and processed foods high in salt and sugar.

Chris, Notts,

£75m - about two quid per tax payer. Every little helps - the gov destroy our way of life.

Dan, London,

Sports clubs would cost nothing if people didn't have to go under scrutiny to volunteer to run them. I am white single and 30 years old male. I coach football for free here in Japan on my weekends. At home I would fear being labelled as a child pervert. England has turned into a paranoid nightmare.

Ben, Osaka, Japan

Lamalooshe - London has free open spaces. Children do not need gyms. They need adults willing to supervise them or not to be too paranoid about a group of children playing outside. And, Ruth, if there is broken glass - aren't your children worth the effort of you clearing it out of their way?

Diana, derby, uk

I live in London. Gyms and healthy food are expensive. My children have no adequate place to exercise. What the British people need is practical Ideas that can work. Britain, especially London is far behind Europe in terms of accessible sports facilities, bicycle lanes. is food the problem?

Laamalooshe, London, England

Exercise makes you fitter but does very little to reduce weight.

The full length mirrors are a much better idea.

marting, Toronto,

What about actaully teaching people, particularly children, to cook? Who actually phased out domestic science classes at school?

Sue, Nottingham,

Why not force the food companies to stop producing food with additives, colours and the rest of the junk they pump into it.
Or on the other side, tax calories! Make Raw foods cheap in comparison to processed foods.

Patrick , Sydney, Australia

SEVENTY FIVE MILLION????

That's an awful lot of condescending nonsense.

Better to spend it on our Olympic cycling team & encouraging kids to get involved...

Tim, London,

Until 'healthy' foods such as fruit and veg are cheaper to buy than crisps, biscuits or crisps - it's very hard to encourage people to buy them. I have 3 children who eat huge amounts of fruit and veg and whilst this is great, I notice how expensive it is.

Janet Reilly, Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Can no-one make the leap and ask why we don't exercise? We are all ridiculously time-poor and no-one has time to prepare good food, let alone exercise. We all believe the streets are dangerous, so no-one walks. And who has the time to bike to work and shower before a long day at the desk? Get real!

Helen, Stornoway, Scotland

Another thing that never seems to be addressed are the very real links between poverty and obesity. If you are on a budget, high carb/saturated fat/sugar foods give you more bang for your buck in terms of filling you up. I'm not excusing poor nutrition but giving another reason for it.

MC, Chiswick, UK

In the states, the fitness centers are populated by fit people becoming more fit. Waste of money and time for treating the obese. The current economic down turn will be more effective and billions less costly.

peter, palmetto, fl, usa

Everyone knows that these campaigns are for the benefits of the advertising departments that all government departments now regard as so essential. I think the budget has trebled under Labour.

kerry livermore, London, England

Don't the 'experts' realise that the more they push 'healthy' high carb/low fat eating the fatter people get, the dogma doesn't work. They won't try anything else because they are scared to learn something different. Low carb WORKS - GUARANTEED.

ellen, inverness,

There were few obese people around during the War, and fewer in Ethiopia now. I remember queuing for food in Devon at the butcher's with my mother during rationing. One unpalatable answer would be to tell the nation that obese people will not have access to the NHS after, say, 2013..

John B, London, UK

Problem: we still don't agree what healthy eating is. The Low Fat road goes nowhere. Fat consumption has fallen but carbohydrate consumption has rocketed resulting in a pandemic of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. All are much easier and profitable (for some) to treat than to prevent.

Peter Haynes, Ilkley,

IF park were properly maintained, maybe people would leave the house once in a while. Who wants to go play on a rusting structure with broken glass underneath?!

Ruth, slough,

It's simple, privatise healthcare, then people can make and pay for whatever their lifestyle choices are. Oh no, then the Government can't run a huge, costly, inefficient bureaucracy, buy votes for themselves and have an excuse to stick their nose into our lives. Silly me!

Doug Bates, St. Albans,

Best use of government funds in this campaign is to put up full-length mirrors everywhere.

Rick Hepner, Salt Lake City, USA

Overweight people are unhealthy. Unhealthy people make bad decisions simple because thier body and mind are not in perfect condition. Thus the decision making process for unhealthy people creates social problems and environmental problems. Cultural change will bring about a solution to obesity.

Jim Wills, Brisbane, Australia

I agree, it really is that simple: provide safe, attractive, affordable leisure centres and really make a real difference or alternatively spend a great deal less on yet another publicity campaign that has no effect but allows the politician room to spin and pretend they are doing something.

Tina Taylor, london, England

What about actually providing safe and attractive sports and leisure centres that families can afford to use?

Penny, London,