UK obesity 'moonshot' doomed to fail, warn MPs

A cross-party committee of UK MPs says the government's pledge to end the obesity epidemic within a decade is 'doomed to fail' without a major rethink led personally by the prime minister. The health and social care committee found no sign the 'moonshot' in England's 10-year health plan will achieve much, noting basic questions like how progress will be measured remain unanswered.