If obesity goes on increasing continuously in England then days are not far away when England would be known as the fattest nation on earth. England’s fast growing obesity has given health experts a strong issue of concern. Expressing deep concern over this fast growing obesity in England health experts fear that:-
1. Record number of people would die of strokes, heart attacks and cancers.
2. Obesity is likely to reduce life expectancy by at least eight years.
3. Half of the population will be clinically obese by 2032.
4. Britain could even overtake the US where an estimated one third of the population is obese.
5. Obesity is thought to knock nine years off the average lifespan.
6. If obesity goes on with this speed then by 2020, one fifth of the NHS budget will be spent just on diabetes and its ramifications.
These predictions paint a very gloomy picture of Britons’ health condition. In other words, there lies a serious threat to the health of the Britons. Actually, in the last few decades many astonishing changes have crept into England’s day-to-day life, speeding up the pace of obesity. The following words of Mike, Lincoln of England well bring out the equation between these changes and obesity:
40 to 50 years ago, obesity was unheard of; food chains where virtually non-existant; television advertising was but a lowly marketing boost; people smoked, drank and kept active; cars where few on the road; jobs were plentiful; youngsters had a future; apprenticeships were abundant; coppers were coppers; food was wholesome, often local. So where does the finger of blame point today? Easy - at those who treat us all as mere slaves to the faceless, present-day economy! So too, those lavish, oh so lavish marketing techniques!......
Obesity is the root cause of several other life-threatening diseases like, diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, cancer, etc. Therefore, in order to suppress these life-threatening diseases it is important to bridle obesity first. Otherwise, all efforts to make England a healthy nation would end in smoke.
Via: Daily Mail
