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== Positions held ==

* ? - ? - Physician in Obesity Medicine at the Centre for Obesity Research at Luton & Dunstable Hospital<ref name=nof>[http://www.nationalobesityforum.org.uk/index.php/about-the-nof/trustees/122-dr-david-haslam.html David Haslam] - [[National Obesity Forum]]</ref><ref name=phlw09>[http://www.publicserviceevents.co.uk/main/spkr_biog.asp?event_ID=95#Dr-David-Haslam Livestyle for Wellbeing '09] - publicserviceeventes.co.uk</ref>
* ? - ? - Chair of the National Obesity Forum<ref name=nof/><ref name=phlw09/>
* ? - ? - Board Member of ESCO ([[Experts in Severe and Complex Obesity]])<ref name=nof/>
* ? - ? - Member of the Counterweight Board<ref name=nof/><ref name=phlw09/>

== Qualifications ==

== Views ==
{{quote|"It should be banned. You can't eat a meal the size of a baby if you want to stay healthy, but if restaurants won't stop providing it, we need to educate the customer not to eat it."<ref name=bbc1>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21287000 Kidz Breakfast: Giant breakfast boosts cafe's business] - The BBC</ref>}}

Dr Haslam on a cafe selling a large breakfast for £15, with the clearly unobtainable (for most people) promotion that if a single person can consume the entirety of the meal within an hour, they get it for free.

The offer has been going on for 18 months, and only one person<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16926325 Englishman v food? The rise of competitive eating] - The BBC</ref> has taken the cafe up on the offer and succeeded. Nearly everyone else accepts the offer for what it is - a gimmick:

{{quote|[The proprietor of the cafe] defended the huge meal, saying: "It is what it is. It was done as a laugh and 99% of the population understands that.

"I've not had a single health official phone me up to complain. I'm just one guy with a few staff trying to get people to have a good time. It's a once-in-a-lifetime challenge."<ref name=bbc1/>}}


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