If you thought just the lady on the far right was obese, you’d be wrong. In fact the last four ladies on the right are in fact obese. Each has a BMI of 30 and over. Shocked? You’re not alone. Over 90% of people in our Fatville study struggled to identify an obese body. Even stranger is [...]
According to a study reported in The Guardian, amongst other evils, the TV is making us fat The mesmeric and seductive power of the ol’ tellybox is well documented. Even in our survey, 38% of people said they preferred watching cookery shows to actually cooking. If we’re ever going to find our way out of [...]
There’s that age old observation that people end up looking like their pets (or perhaps pets end up looking like their owners?). This theory came close to being proven when, reported in The Guardian, 78% of vets attending a European conference on pet weight management agreed with the statement ‘obese pets tend to have obese owners’. The article states [...]
With the Miss England 2009 finals in just a few weeks we wonder if any of the competitors will cause as much outrage as 17 year old Chloe Marshall, the first overweight woman to reach the finals of Miss England, last year. The criticism she received took on such serious moral overtones, she might as well [...]
Last month, at least 124 gyms and leisure clubs in London pledged to donate free access to gym seasons worth up to £3m, enabling thousands of hard up Londoners to sample a range of exercise and thus improve their health. Backed by the government and linked to the MoreActive4Life campaign, the campaign even incorporates the [...]