Because Davies thinks (rightly) that some people eat unhealthy quantities of food, she proposes to prohibit all of us – even those who are physically fit – from eating while on the tube or bus. Davies belongs to the upper-middle class, while obesity is largely (though not entirely) a problem of the working class and the poor. Davies even makes the paternalism clear: her passionate arguments in favour of the ban concern obesity among children, but her ban would apply to everyone, mainly adults. Alan SokalProfessor of mathematics, University College London• Dame Sally Davies, the outgoing chief medical officer for England, advocates banning eating on public transport. Click here to upload it and we’ll publish the best submissions in the letters spread of our print edition

Source: The Guardian October 10, 2019 16:52 UTC