I can't believe what I read in The Weekend Sun on March 14 from Ernest Izett ‘People need strong willpower when eating'. What a load of cow pie.

Some people are overweight because they have serious health issues. Some (like myself) have on-going back issues which walking or exercise exacerbate, causing excruciating pain, so don't lump all overweight people in the one (take-out eaters) basket.

I eat very healthily (with an occasional take-out, I must admit) and my own delicious baking. I'm not ‘fat' just a little chunkier than I'd like right now. I have several friends and family members who have thyroid problems and can't lose excess weight. We don't all live on take-outs constantly.

I was a very keen gardener until my health problem slowed me down, but I do what I can.
As for your hideous comment: 'we never saw fat people in concentration camps”. Well of course you didn't. The poor buggers were starved to death, or did you think they were just eating sensibly?

I'm sick of ‘stick insect' nutritionists on TV and people like you telling me what I should eat.

At 65, I'm old enough to decide for myself. I don't need anyone telling me what to eat.

S Gussey, Omokoroa.