Published on 12, July, 2020
The NHS estimates that almost a third of adults in the UK are obese, and that one in five children aged 10 to 11 are obese. That's a lot of people eating way too much fast and doing little to no exercise (we're all sitting on our big fat behinds way too much). What makes people overweight? Are we more likely to be obese if we're autistic? BBC journalist Michael Buerk announced recently that fat people should be allowed to drop dead and no longer trouble the NHS with their chubby troubles. He said, "The obese will die a decade earlier than the rest of us; see it as a selfless sacrifice in the fight against demographic imbalance, overpopulation and climate change.'" (Michael Buerk)
Like most things, we have followed the pattern in the US where obesity is also a big problem and we are probably the most Americanised country in Europe by now. Our country mirrors the US in many, many, many ways. We now drive to the mall like Americans to do our shopping from mostly chain stores selling food where the nutrition has been lost or never was there to begin with, we now have as much, if not more fast food outlets per square mile than the US. At least that's how it seems as you cannot drive more than a mile without seeing one in cities, towns and all other urbanised or built up areas. Fruit & vegetables shipped or flown in from all over the world, sprayed with chemicals in supermarkets have little or no nutrition in them, just like the fast-food burger with god knows what has been added to it along with their long-life buns that seem to keep for weeks or months without going off or blue moulded. So how long does it take for the body to break down all this artificial crap ?
Good wholesome, fresh, locally grown, daily baked bread or organic food will go off very quickly. That is because it has actually been alive and living or growing a short time previously. It is meant to be eaten locally and fresh, not forced out of the ground by artificial means and sprayed with chemicals to preserve the ' shelf life '.
That is just one reason but there are many more factors involved in Obesity which others have pointed out such as addiction and coping mechanisms, just the same as alcohol or drug abuse for the many at low points in their lives. There are also financial reasons for many people which in some cases, healthy eating is not always the top priority but survival on the cheapest possible food is and that is not the healthiest foods money can buy.
To say
That's a lot of people eating way too much fast food and doing nothing but sitting on their behinds.
is a simple-minded way to start a discussion or have any meaningful dialogue.