Sir - I was delighted to see your story in Monday's edition, 'Put the brakes on surge in fast food.'

We all know we are heading for a huge crisis in obesity and diabetes, caused by fast food, fizzy drinks, confectionary, and sugar. The NHS already struggles to cope.

We all know the answer. Change our diet.

The incentive? A longer life, more energy, and generally feeling a whole lot better.

So why don't people make this logical choice? Perhaps because of the huge sums spent persuading us to buy this junk. There's no money in advertising fruit and vegetables.

You'd have thought the NHS would adopt a campaign to deal with the cause of this impending epidemic rather than calmly waiting for it to happen, yet the Royal Worcester Hospital itself actually endorses this attitude to ill-health, offering vast quantities of these very products.

A comparision might be someone telling you not to smoke, then trying to sell you a packet of fags. Despite twice asking Penny Venables, the Chief Executive, her rationale for this, she remains silent. My letter to Robin Walker, MP, on 12th March asking for the Governments reasoning, also remains unanswered. Their silence says it all.

David Barrie

Malvern