Monash University public health expert Dr Nathan Grills says Santa Claus promotes obesity, speeding, drink-driving.

WITH his portly belly and a fondness for a brandy-fuelled spin on the sleigh, Santa Claus is hardly the picture of health or safety.

Now his wild ways are catching up with him, with calls for a radical overhaul of his bad boy image. A study by Monash University public health expert Dr Nathan Grills found Santa could be promoting obesity, speeding and drink-driving, and damaging millions of lives.

The childhood legend should be used to promote a healthy lifestyle, the study, published in the British Medical Journal, found.

It suggested Santa slim down by ditching the cookies, mince pies and milk, and instead snacking on his reindeers’ carrots and celery sticks.

Santa also should trade in the sleigh for a bike or throw his sack over his shoulder and hit the global road on foot.

My conclusion? Well, hot on the heels of another Get a Life post, some people simply have too much time on their hands. They should Get A Life.

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