{"id":128940,"date":"2021-06-15T21:33:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=128940"},"modified":"2021-06-15T21:33:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:33:26","slug":"council-puts-up-banners-celebrating-fast-food-dish-in-town-hit-by-obesity-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/council-puts-up-banners-celebrating-fast-food-dish-in-town-hit-by-obesity-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Council puts up banners celebrating fast food dish in town hit by obesity crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

BANNERS celebrating a fatty fast food dish have been put up by a council in a town hit by an obesity crisis.<\/p>\n

Parmo and chips is a 2,600-calorie deep-fried dish popular in Middlesbrough \u2014 where almost a quarter of Year 6 pupils are classed as obese.<\/p>\n


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But the local authority has spent \u00a313,000 on signs promoting the town including one that reads: \u201cWe are parmo and chips.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials have come in for fierce criticism over the signs about parmo \u2014 a deep-fried breadcrumbed pork or chicken parcel coated in cheesy sauce.<\/p>\n

Matt Storey, leader of the opposition Labour group, said: \u201cThese banners are insulting and reduce Middlesbrough to cheap stereotypes.<\/p>\n

"There is far more to Middlesbrough than parmos and clich\u00e9s.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Antony High, leader of the Middlesbrough Independent Group, said: \u201cThey are very belittling and poor for the town.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayor Andy Preston admitted some would be removed. He said: \u201cTwo or three are ill-conceived and need taking down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve already asked for them to be removed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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