Role Play

"Two million in UK at risk of type 2 diabetes as obesity crisis grows"

NHS chief executive Simon Stevens said “bulging waistlines” were leading to the rise in people living with type 2.

Simon Stevens "...a key player in the direction of the NHS under Tony Blair's government", so this isn't about versus, this is the political classes who hold and administer power. His CV, with selected highlights: "NHS Privatiser";

United Health Group Vice-President and President and/or Chief Executive Officer of United Health 2004-2014
His duties at United Health included lobbying for the NHS and other European national health services to be included in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) 

UHG's UK affiliate is called "Optum". Insurance profit motive depends on denial of claims. "Obesity" is device for the denial of medicine. In other words, what comes after the insurance models denial of claims, is healthcare and medical professionals denial of themselves. One hand is washing the other so to speak.

As part of efforts to tackle the problem, a radical new liquid diet will be available on the NHS to put type 2 diabetes into remission. Five thousand patients will be restricted to 800 calories per day for three months in a pilot to be rolled out from April. This will be followed by a further nine months of support to help them maintain weight loss.

Obviously, all concerned know "obesity crisis" = evidence of ancient individuated famine's failure. Apart from data capture and mining, self-inducing famine also trains the mind toward invidualised "prevention".

With this sort of incentive (and more) dieting doesn't have to work, it just has to keep being enforced.