MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
UK has more obese women than any other European country: 23.9%
The UK has more obese women than any other country in Europe, according to European Union figures. Data agency Eurostat which looked at 19 countries, found nearly a quarter of UK women - 23.9% - were recorded as being obese in the year 2008 to 2009.
Just over 22% of UK men were classed as obese, coming second only to Malta. Read full article
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Nov 27th, 2011 - 01:18 am - Link - Report abuse 076.1% are not obese
and 78% of men are not obese,
isnt that better .
Still a huge problem to be tackled. I think the world obesity table goes, USA No1, Ireland 2nd, UK 3rd, and that is one competion we should not want to be on the medals podium.
Nov 27th, 2011 - 09:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0keep away from junk/fast foods....
Nov 27th, 2011 - 09:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0eat veg/fruit ..rare meat...no margarine...like me !!
Probably due to fast food being so cheap now. I remember in harsh times when i had no job it was often cheaper for me to eat at the local chicken shop than go shopping.
Nov 27th, 2011 - 10:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0Well, looking around me at the populace, I do see a lot of beauties, too..
Nov 27th, 2011 - 11:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0I have seen, over the last half a dozen years, the beach-Bahian population go increasingly from 'Brasilian' to obese (and here it is a VERY socio-economically mixed society; 80% black/mixed)).
Nov 27th, 2011 - 09:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This co-incides with the big Bolsa Familia handouts, the increasing cash in the wage-packets, 'full' employment, and the huge incursions of the (Western) fast-food industries.
Some of this correlation may be causal.
Beans and rice are still the staple diet, but a few burgers a week makes all the difference to the hips and waistband.
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