Health Expert Says Overweight Santas Should Be Banned From Shopping Centres

A fat Santa ban for Christmas has been proposed by an Australian health expert.

They're not asking for a ban on the red man himself, so don't be upset.

No, we're not some Down Under Grinch group.

Instead, Dr. Vincent Candrawinata, the creator of Renovatio Bioscience, wants to see a picture of a healthy habit under the tree this year.

Planning to dress as the cheery old man in the well-known red suit and cram some pillows down your front? Consider reading this first.

"Shopping centers should not go above and beyond and make a concerted effort to make Santa look fat," he told news.com.au.

Despite the fact that "skinny does not actuate being healthy," Dr. Candrawinata believes a healthier version of Kris Kringle ought to be on display at your local store.

He wants a slimmed-down Saint Nick to demonstrate to children that Christmas doesn't always have to be about overindulgence.

"For a lot of us, myself included, it’s one of our earliest, joyful childhood memories and I think that it can have a profound positive impact on children when they don’t see the association with a joyful holiday and the urge to gorge and overindulge in terms of food and beverages," Dr. Candrawinata said.

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"Kids absorb a lot much more than we think they do."

And, well, he might be right.

According to a survey on drinking habits performed by I Heart Wines in 2021, 25% of adults in the U.K. will crack open a bottle on Christmas morning.

Mimosas, did someone say?

The rest of the U.K. will normally have a slower start to a drunken Christmas, with the first festive drinks being consumed on average at 12.44 p.m.

It might also go well with the nation's top four Christmas meals, according to a YouGov poll, which are roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, mince pies, and Christmas puddings.

An even more controversial YouGov survey reveals how the typical Briton rates holidays in terms of Christmas chocolate.

With due respect, Malteser is placed #1, followed by Galaxy and Galaxy Caramel. Bounty and Snickers, on the other hand, are listed after this, implying that they are ranked above Twix, Milky Ways, and Mars Bars.

After a year that was largely devoted to food and drink, perhaps it wouldn't be harmful to take it a little easier this year.