Abstract
In an interview in last month's Men's Health magazine, celebrity chef Nigel Slater (of whose writings and recipes I am a long-standing admirer) was asked, if the prime minister were to ring, what advice he would give him for improving the nation's diet. His response: ‘a free health check for everyone. The sort of really comprehensive annual one I pay a thousand quid for! Seeing the true state of your health in black and white would make anyone think more seriously about what they put in their mouth’.1 We can expect to see them soon in our surgeries. Even though BUPA is now offering a range of health assessments, labelled like models in a car showroom – ‘classic’, ‘premier’ – starting from £300 (including 31 tests and 1 hour with a doctor), …
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