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Boris Johnson is right: the Church is partly to blame for obesity crisis

The former Prime Minister blamed the Church of England for Britain's obesity crisis.

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Boris Johnson slams Britain's obese children as 'fatsos'

Boris Johnson has slammed the nation’s children as “fatsos” amid an obesity crisis in Britain. The former prime minister said that when he was younger it was “very rare for there to be a fatso in the class”. He added: “Now they’re all fatsos, and I’d be shot for saying they’re fatsos, but it’s the […] The post Boris Johnson blames the Church of England for obesity crisis and calls obese children “fatsos” first appeared on The Zambian Observer.

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Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson blames the Church of England for the country's obesity rates, on the basis that the lack of spiritual nourishment leads people to binge eat. The obvious projection—Boris being an overweight atheist or agnostic with a history of briefly-held religious poses—is really just a way of complaining about black people, contemporary risk aversion and all the other things conservatives hate. — Read the rest  The po…

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Boris Johnson blames Church of England for obesity crisis

Boris Johnson says the Church of England is to blame for Britain’s obesity crisis because it has failed to provide people with “spiritual sustenance”.  The former prime minister said that in his youth, it was “very rare for there to be a fatso in the class. Now they’re all fatsos, and I’d be shot for saying they’re fatsos, but it’s the truth.” Criticising the head of the Church of England Justin Welby, Johnson also hit out at a host of other rel…

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Boris Johnson blames Britain's obesity crisis on the Church of England

Boris Johnson said religious leaders should address ‘spiritual void’ rather than going on about slavery reparations

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Boris Johnson blames the Church of England for obesity crisis

The former Prime Minister said that people's 'spiritual needs' are not being addressed and now 'they’re gorging themselves on the real living bread', according to reports

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Boris Johnson calls kids 'fatsos' as he blames obesity on one thing

The former British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has declared that the Church of England has a responsibility in the obesity crisis in the United Kingdom, accusing it of not satisfying people's spiritual needs, which pushes them to 'gorge themself'. “When I was young, it was rare to see a fat guy in class. Now everyone is fat,” said the former prime minister, quoted by the newspaper 'The Times', also stressing that religious leaders, such as th…

L’ex primo ministro britannico, Boris Johnson, ha dichiarato che la Chiesa d’Inghilterra ha una responsabilità nella crisi dell’obesità nel Regno Unito, accusandola di non soddisfare i bisogni spirituali delle persone, il che le spinge a “ingozzarsi”. “Quando ero giovane era raro vedere un grassone in classe. Ora sono tutti grassoni,” ha detto l’ex premier, ripreso dal quotidiano “The Times”, sottolineando anche che i leader religiosi, come l’ar…

Boris Johnson is right: the Church is partly to blame for obesity crisis

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