More obesity firestorm. A physician apologizes after telling it like it is:

Trudy admits she is 5 stone (31.7kg) overweight, but did not want to say what she weighs.

“I know I have a weight problem and it doesn’t help my asthma, but it’s swings and roundabouts. I can’t exercise because of my breathing,” she said.

She claimed the doctor had pointed to his mouth and told her: “It’s what goes in here”.

She told him that she had managed to shed a stone earlier in the year with Slimming World.

“I am overweight, but I don’t eat chocolate or cakes. It’s just my metabolism.

“My class leader from Slimming World phoned me and wooed me into going back and I am going to prove the doctor wrong,” said Trudy. “I am going to show him.”

Trudy has since received an unsigned letter of apology to the effect that the doctor was sorry Trudy felt so upset by their discussion about her weight and hoped Slimming World proved the best way to achieving her goal.