'Life is short, eat the chocolate': NHS chief who urged Brits not to eat a whole Easter egg in one go faces backlash... from fellow medics!

Doctors and dentists coming fired backmost astatine NHS proposal that urged Brits to standard backmost their Easter ovum consumption.

NHS aesculapian head Dr Andrew Kelso recommended nan nationalist 'resist nan impulse to eat a full ovum successful 1 go'.

Writing successful a blog, he said Brits should do 'all they tin to look aft themselves' erstwhile practices are unopen from Good Friday to Easter Monday. Sugar and calories lurking successful nan saccharine treats 'doesn't do our bodies immoderate good', he said. 

But chap medics responded by saying life is excessively 'short' to heed Dr Kelso's advice. 

Critical attraction and anesthetics advisor @madbusymum wrote connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter: 'I'm an intensive attraction doctor. Life is short. Eat nan Easter egg.'

Intensive attraction caregiver Sue Crocombe replied: 'I wholly agree.'

Oxford-based palliative attraction expert Rachel Clarke said: 'I'm a palliative attraction doctor. What she said.'

Even dentists — who ever impulse group to limit their sweetener — took rumor pinch Dr Kelso's advice.

Part-time dentist Wendy Thompson, a dental teacher astatine Manchester University, said: 'I'm a dentist... Eat nan Easter ovum each astatine once!'

Meanwhile, Christopher Snowdon, caput of manner economics astatine nan Institute of Economic Affairs, said: 'This infantilising proposal from a killjoy NHS mandarin wouldn't grate rather truthful overmuch if it wasn't portion of a broader informing to nan nationalist telling america not to get our hopes up astir receiving healthcare complete nan slope vacation weekend.

'The existent proposal is to get sick betwixt Monday to Friday during moving hours and not connected slope holidays.

'I uncertainty location will beryllium galore group waiting 12 hours successful A&E this play pinch an Easter egg-related injury.

'NHS bosses should return a break from hectoring nan nationalist and fto america bask Easter.' 

Seven successful 10 men and six successful 10 women successful England are overweight aliases obese and almost 4million group successful nan UK are surviving pinch type-2 diabetes.

Meanwhile, 1 successful six children are leaving superior schoolhouse pinch rotten teeth and bony decay remains nan astir communal logic for infirmary admittance successful children aged betwixt 6 and 10 years.

Dr Kelso, aesculapian head astatine nan NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board, wrote: 'The Easter holidays are a awesome opportunity for remainder and relaxation pinch our families, which is truthful important for our wellbeing. 

'This will besides beryllium a clip when, for galore of us, our depletion of cocoa and sweets increases.

'Yet, galore group don't realise that an mean Easter ovum contains astir three-quarters of an adult's recommended regular calorie intake. 

'At a clip for illustration this erstwhile we are seeing important increases successful cases of obesity and Type 2 diabetes, arsenic good arsenic bony decay, I impulse group to bask their Easter eggs successful moderation and defy nan impulse to eat a full ovum successful 1 go.

'As good arsenic Easter eggs galore of america will beryllium gathering up pinch family and friends for societal occasions, which will spot america eat much cakes and biscuits. 

'Combined, it each adds up to a batch of other sweetener and calories which doesn't do our bodies immoderate good. Enjoy your saccharine treats, but please don't overdo it.

'This vacation clip will besides beryllium a engaged play for NHS unit and services, and I inquire group to do each they tin to look aft themselves and cognize really to entree nan astir due root of proposal and attraction if they consciousness unwell.'