Ms Addington said the UK had the highest number of children diagnosed with diabetes in Europe and the lowest proportion attaining good diabetes control.
The national government exerts direct operational control over a large proportion of total health care expenditures, through a range of mechanisms, including caps on hospital revenue and national contracts with salaried physicians.
Two-thirds of Americans reject the idea that people's chances in life are determined by circumstances that are beyond their control, a far higher proportion than in Europe.
He has aggressively exploited falling asset prices in Asia to take control of franchises, brought licensed-out products back in house and increased the proportion of directly operated stores.