Unhealthy? '“ not if we're sensible

I live in that ward and agree with some of the comments made by residents interviewed, in that I don't smoke, take drugs or eat unhealthily.

I am not a saint in that I enjoy the odd bottle of wine, but I wonder whether the problem of youngsters binge-drinking stems from breweries continually introducing and promoting fancy bottles of alcopops and trendy "shot" drinks?

Prior to their introduction years ago, binge drinking was never a subject raised in the media, like it is today.

I would also like to respond to the young mother who stated "it costs so much to buy salad and vegetables, whereas we can get a burger and chips for 2".

As she has two children, she could feed them for far less by perhaps making a casserole with chicken thighs, a carrot, a parsnip, a can of tomato pure, a stock cube and supplemented with a few lentils '” more nutritious than burger and chips.

Oops, sorry, I sound like Jamie Oliver!

Barbara Lines,

North Street,

Wick

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