Fat-buster nurses won't give an inch

Now we have all got used to the nanny state, the constant meddling in the private or rather what used be private; aspects of our lives. But fuck me with Gordon Browns half inch gay cock this surpasses anything I have yet come across.

Look at this fucking bullshit that was reported in The Scotsman: Lardy Scots to be lectured by nanny state.

A team of NHS nurses is patrolling Scotland's streets to target pot-bellied members of the public and tell them how to lose weight.

Armed with measuring tapes to check waists and equipment to test blood pressure, the "Street Nurses" are policing busy shopping centres, supermarkets and community centres. Any man with a paunch, or woman with an "apple-shaped" body whose waist measurement is higher than recommended limits is given diet and lifestyle advice or referred to local slimming classes.

**Jesus fucking wept, as if being a few pound overweight is now some cardinal sin. Well according to these people it is and they must be nagged and pushed to conform.

Under the scheme the nurses, wearing high-visibility waistcoats, set up portable tables and chairs in town centres to monitor passers-by. If they spot someone who looks overweight they will approach them and strike up a conversation about their health, inviting them to have a "rapid nursing assessment", which includes having their waist measured and their blood pressure checked.

Overweight women can be referred to local Weight Watchers meetings, and men are sent to the NHS Ayrshire and Arran men-only weight loss club 'Slimmin Withoot Wimmin'. Locals can also attend cookery classes where they learn how to prepare healthy meals on a low budget.

**WTF? Slimmin Withoot Wimmin. Beyond parody.

For women this would be a waist measurement of more than 32 inches and for men over 37 inches because middle regions larger than these are linked with an increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, bowel and liver cancer, and strokes.

The move is part of a scheme by NHS Ayrshire and Arran to target members of the public in its most deprived areas who might not normally visit their GP seeking help for their weight.

**Now does that not come under free choice? If someone chooses to visit a GP or not is up to them, oh hang on nanny knows best...

Under the scheme the nurses, wearing high-visibility waistcoats, set up portable tables and chairs in town centres to monitor passers-by. If they spot someone who looks overweight they will approach them and strike up a conversation about their health, inviting them to have a "rapid nursing assessment", which includes having their waist measured and their blood pressure checked.

Jackie Reid, one of the Street Nurse team, said members of the public were usually happy to discuss their weight if it meant getting some good diet and exercise advice.

**So no deep fried mars bars then? No double G&T's in the bar? Guess not.

Reid, a public health nurse, said: "We tend to pick places where people congregate, such as supermarkets. We just walk up and speak to people. We will be looking at the men with the paunches or women carrying external body fat who are an 'apple shape', as we know they are at higher risk of disease and cancer. If you are carrying core body fat around your middle, that's raising your cholesterol."

**Coming soon to a pub near you, I jest not. Once the health Nazis start they never stop until told in a steady firm voice to "Fuck Off!" I foresee Slimmin Withoot Wimmin at the local in the next few months...

Overweight women can be referred to local Weight Watchers meetings, and men are sent to the NHS Ayrshire and Arran men-only weight loss club 'Slimmin Withoot Wimmin'. Locals can also attend cookery classes where they learn how to prepare healthy meals on a low budget.

Other measures include talking to the nurse about diet and lifestyle and how to include healthier food in their diets.

Those with dangerously high blood pressure are told about the problem and asked to give their permission for the nurses to write to their GP. 

Shoppers are also asked about other aspects of their lifestyle and given advice on how to quit smoking or cut down on alcohol if they admit drinking more than the recommended weekly limits. - Never mind that the units and limits are a rough guide and units were fag packet maths with no basis what so fucking ever in reality, the utter contemptible cunts.

**Fucking hell, why not have a look at the poor fucking chaps cocks to see if they have a dose of the clap while they are at it. I say McTavish but you appear to have a dose of the clap off the STD clinic it is for you.

Reid said: "Because you are a nurse it opens doors. No one says we can't do it because they know we're nurses. People honestly aren't that shy. It's a bit of light-heartedness, but getting a serious message across. 

People are generally OK about us talking about their weight. We are not judging them but giving them support."

**No you bloody woman you are judging them, telling them to get their lardy overweight butts off to Slimmin Withoot Wimmin. Telling them that their life is wrong, they will die and that you know what is best for them. 

Reid and her colleagues head out twice a month and have already targeted around 500 locals in the most deprived parts of many of the area's towns, including Irvine, Kilwinning, Kilbirnie, Ardrossan and Stevenston. The results of the scheme are being evaluated, and if it is successful it is likely that other health boards will follow suit. 

Although NHS Ayrshire and Arran is understood to be the first health board to launch the initiative, support for such a move was first unveiled three years ago by Scotland on Sunday when then Health Minister Andy Kerr said NHS workers needed to go out into deprived areas to persuade overweight and obese people to visit their GP for help. 

The scheme was welcomed by health experts. 

**Of course it was the health experts love to meddle, now notice that this takes place in the poor areas, after all the poor have to be talked down to, looked after by the state as after all the plebs are unable to make lifestyle choices for themselves. That must be done by the richer middle classes don't ya know. Socialism in action.

Dr Colin Waine, chair of the National Obesity Forum, said: "If this is handled tactfully and sensitively it could make a contribution to reducing people's risk of all the diseases that are associated with obesity and this initiative is to be applauded.

"Its success will depend on how tactfully it's done. Some people will listen and others will choose to go their own way. No one knows the complete answer at the moment."

Mary Scanlon, Scottish Conservative health spokeswoman said: "There's no doubt there's a community of hard-to-reach patients who do not respond to calls for screening or use their GP."

Margaret Watt, chairwoman of the Scotland Patients Association, said: "Our health is our responsibility and we all know we must not smoke or drink too much or overeat. I think this scheme is fine so long as there are enough nurses in hospitals and doctors' surgeries where we need them."

**At last a small word of logic there "Our health is our responsibility and we all know we must not smoke or drink too much or overeat." - All things in moderation, well most of the time.

It is thought that carrying too much fat around your middle increases your risk of heart disease and certain cancers. For men, this comes in the shape of a 'paunch' and for women this is described as being 'apple shaped' rather than 'pear shaped'.

A waist circumference greater than 32in for women and 37in for men increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases, for example, heart attacks, strokes and diabetes. 

Well I have seen it all now, we now have a state where state workers can stop you and give a fucking lecture on being a tad lardy. At least it is a voluntary system....At the moment.

My tax pounds in action. 

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