Childhood obesity / holiday hunger

[teenagefanclub]

How can we have both at the same time?

[Deleted]

Easy make there phones only work after running for 5 miles.

[wapiti]

Only feed he little blighters protein and fat.

[duckling]

In some African countries, weight is a signal of wealth. Obesity is considered beautiful because it means you are rich. In those countries there are huge financial disparities between the rich and the poor. As a result there are also huge disparities in weight. Obesity is a rampant among the rich while starvation is rampant among the poor.

I wouldn't have thought it would be the same in the UK though.

[felonious]

Aug 14, 2018 6:15:03 GMT duckling said:

In some African countries, weight is a signal of wealth. Obesity is considered beautiful because it means you are rich. In those countries there are huge financial disparities between the rich and the poor. As a result there are also huge disparities in weight. Obesity is a rampant among the rich while starvation is rampant among the poor.

I wouldn't have thought it would be the same in the UK though.

The UK has been put on an American diet.

[duckling]

How geographical is obesity in the UK? It's very geographical in the United States, like most things are.

I used to live in one of the fattest states and now live in one of the thinnest states. When I visited my current location before the move, one of the very first things I noticed - within 1 hour of being here - is now much thinner people were. My current location has an obesity rate roughly half of my old location according to official statistics.

In general, the fattest places are the most Trump places.

It seems that the women in particular in those areas are fat. Perhaps it's because many of the men work in physical jobs. In addition, at my old location the child/young person obesity rate didn't seem that huge, albeit I was never around that many children.

So many times you'd see a really fat woman with not-fat, sometimes downright skinny, husband and children.

The United States is a huge country though, so you'd expect more geographical variation. Is it pretty even throughout the UK?

[wapiti]

English footie supporters are the fattest bastards on the planet.....Jack Sprat would eat no fat and his wife would eat no lean, is a now bankrupt concept...…..pies and cheap lager have destroyed the English working class.…..if it still exists.