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Obese students who work part-time to support their studies could be interested to hear the health secretary is calling on organisations to help tackle the problem.

Alan Johnson urged employers to help combat the UK's dangerous obesity levels while speaking at an event held by the Fabian Society think-tank last night (July 23rd).

Speaking to delegates, Mr Johnson said: "Tackling obesity requires a much broader partnership, not only with families, but with employers, retailers, the leisure industry, the media, local government and the voluntary sector."

"We need a national movement that will bring about a fundamental change in the way we live our lives," he added.

The Foresight report estimated in 2002, that those who were overweight cost the national economy £7 billion in treatment, benefits, loss of earnings and reduce productivity.

Earlier in the year, the government published a strategy - entitled Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives - in a bid to tackle obesity and committed a £75 million budget to communicate the seriousness of this message nationwide.

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