SO once more overworked ambulance crews were stretched to the limit with the call- outs from New Year revellers (“Our night of ( nationwide) shame”, January 2). Nothing changed there, then.

Considering that these people deliberately set out to drink as much as they can, then this is their own choice and they know the painful consequences of over- indulgence.

Therefore they should be charged for any medical procedures Both in the UK and USA, the new year has begun with appeals for action to counter the epidemic of obesity.

An adult is obese if their Body Mass Index ( their weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in metres) is 30 or more.

According to a recent survey, Britain is the fattest country in western Europe. In the whole of Europe, only Hungary has fatter people.

A 1999 report, ‘ Reducing children’s television viewing to prevent obesity’, calculated that giving up watching television for a week cuts a child’s waist measurements by an average 2.3cm.

In 2012, hunting camps in the US added what they called “big- butt saddles” and heavyweight horses to cope with the growing obesity of visitors.

Fat policemen in Indonesia have been ordered to exercise as they are seen as unable to chase criminals and offer protection to the public.