Healthy fast food
Angus Howarth's article, with the headline "Now Coatbridge, home of the chippy champs, wins UK heavyweights title" (12 April) suggests that the fast food outlets – including Atlantic Fast Food, the national winner of this year's Fish & Chip Shop of the Year competition – available in Coatbridge have contributed to these high obesity levels.
Seafish runs this national competition to encourage the highest quality standards in the fish and chip trade.
Modern frying methods and state-of-the-art frying ranges make fish and chips one of the healthiest takeaway meals available, containing less salt, a third less calories and more than 40 per cent less fat than other takeaways.
STEPHANIE ANTEZANA
Seafish
Logie Green Road