In what would seem to be some sort of early April Fool's joke, the UK Department of Health has actually invited companies including McDonald's, KFC, PepsiCo, Kellogg's, and Mars, to write health policies designed to address obesity, alcohol abuse, and diet-related diseases in Britain. The health risks often associated with consuming foods and beverages distributed by these very companies, er, policy contributors, have spiraled the country's obesity rate to nearly two-thirds of the population.