Boris Johnson’sclaim that the Church of England is behind the country’s obesity crisis has left people on social media scratching their heads. According to The Times, the former PM said the church has not given the public enough “spiritual sustenance” and so they “gorge themselves” on food instead.

Boris Johnson has slammed the nation's children as "fatsos" amid an obesity crisis in Britain. The former prime minister said that when he was younger it was "very rare for there to be a fatso in the class".

"You talk about living bread of spiritual sustenance, well, it’s not being provided by the blooming church... It's being provided by Tesco."

Jacob Rees-Mogg has backed Boris Johnson's controversial claims about Britain's obesity crisis, saying the former PM highlighted "a real problem" in his "unexpected language". Speaking on GB News, Rees-Mogg agreed there is a "spiritual desert" in Britain,

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson blames the Church of England for the country's obesity rates, on the basis that the lack of spiritual nourishment leads people to binge eat. The obvious projection-Boris being an overweight atheist or agnostic with a history of briefly-held religious poses-is really just a way of complaining about black people,

The former Prime Minister said that people's 'spiritual needs' are not being addressed and now 'they’re gorging themselves on the real living bread', according to reports