A British doctor recommended that women eat two fewer biscuits a day or risk cancer

A biscuit or two with your afternoon cup of tea is one of the most traditional chords.

However, women are encouraged to reduce their consumption of sweets or their risk of cancer.

The UK Medical Officer (CMO) said women were consuming "two extra cookies each day" and should lose weight.

Professor Dame Sally Davies revealed that obesity would surpbad smoking as the leading cause of cancer among women by 2043.

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"I think we have to be honest about it and not pretend that people are not overweight or obese," she told Desert Island Discs on Radio 4 today.

"On average, women eat one or two extra cookies each day.

"So people have to think about [eating] a little less each day to be stable – and [eating] a little less than that every day to drop steadily [their weight]. "

Two McVitie's milk chocolate digestive cookies contain 166 calories and an average woman should consume 1,500 a day to lose a pound a week.

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Last year, official figures revealed that 30% of British women were overweight and 27% were obese.

The obesity rate for all genders has increased from 15% to 26% since 1993.

Davies also told the program that she did not like to be called the "Nanny in Chief" of the UK.

She explained: "This suggests that I'm wagging my finger when in fact I give advice and that people are not obliged to follow them."

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The country's main doctor also claimed that his nickname was badist, adding, "The first woman as a drug-treatment manager is accused of" chief nanny ".

"Well, what are they going to say to [a] man? I bet they do not say that. "

She must leave her post in October.

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