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	Thursday 25 November 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC 2 Presented by Kirsty Wark The government has issued warnings that Britain is on the verge of an obesity epidemic, and next week will publish a White Paper on the nation's public health. They say the approach to a healthy nation should be based on voluntary agreements and personal responsibility, not top-down legislation - but why have big food and drink companies been able to heavily influence their policy? Our Science editor Susan Watts has been finding out. Our Economics editor Paul Mason will look at the risks of euro contagion, not least after some startling comments by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel today - almost designed to worry the bond markets. We also have an interview with the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who has been a huge influence on David Cameron's approach to welfare and education. "We're going to have a system where the middle classes are discouraged from breeding because it's jolly expensive, but for those on benefit there is every incentive. Well, that's not very sensible." We'll consider how damaging Howard Flight's comments could be for the Tory brand. And we'll be looking at the prime minister's £2m plan to measure our nation's happiness. From April, the Office for National Statistics will ask people to rate their own well-being with the first official happiness index due in 2012. We've had exclusive access to a YouGov poll which asks how happy, wealthy and physically attractive people are feeling as 2010 draws to a close. Join Kirsty at 10.30pm on BBC Two.
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