OK, we all know that overweight and obesity are getting worse. But the figures released in this week's Health Survey for England show just how bad things have got.
One in four of us, men and women, is now obese. That is double the number from just ten years ago. The only glimmer of light from the 10,000 people interviewed by the Health & Social Care Information Centre is a slight increase in awareness of the importance of nutrition and exercise.
However, as we see all the time in the clinics, awareness is one thing, taking action is another. We've been aware that smoking causes lung cancer since the 1950s, but look how many people still stand on the street outside shops and offices in the freezing cold to drag on a furtive ciggie.
Will it take a change in how the NHS responds to these 'lifestyle choice' illnesses to make people eat more sensibly? How bad will the problem get if it takes as long as smoking before people take action? You don't have to be Einstein to extrapolate these growth figures. Two more decades and every single one of us will be obese.
Strangest of all, why is this not headline news? What effective action has been announced to turn this trend around? The size of the EU rebate and the pensions crisis will pale into insignificance next to the future cost of obesity/syndrome X/type 2 diabetes when it affects more than half the population.
Sorry about the un-festive tone, but the scariest aspect of the obesity epidemic is the apparent indifference to it from those who could make a difference. If you know anyone who is obese, please refer them to our site at www.nationalnutritionclinic.com where they can sign up to receive our free report on The 10 Secrets of Healthy Eating.
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Posted by: Alexffn | October 02, 2007 at 11:41 PM