A leading cancer charity is claiming that obese people will outnumber healthy people within five years.
According to The Telegraph:
The study by Cancer Research UK shows that by 2027, those whose weight does not compromise their health will be in the minority.
The forecasts show four in 10 will be obese within two decades, while seven in 10 will be overweight or obese.
Currently 28 per cent of adults in the UK are obese, while 34 per cent are of healthy weight.
But Britain’s weight gain means that by 2027, 32.4 per cent will be obese – overtaking the 31.9 per cent in the healthy category.
The charity issued the new analysis as it criticised the Government’s decision to delay a ban on buy-one-get-one- free deals and advertising of junk food to children.
It follows warnings that Deliveroo lifestyles mean Britain will soon have the highest obesity rates in Europe, with the disease set to overtake smoking as the leading cause of cancer.
Earlier this week William Hague, the former Conservative leader, attacked the Government for delaying measures to tackle unhealthy eating, branding the weakening of the anti-obesity strategy under pressure from MPs “morally reprehensible”.
Cancer Research UK said that on current trends, 42 million people will weigh too much by 2040 – including more than 21 million who will be obese. This means an extra six million cases of obesity in less than two decades.
By the end of this decade, more adults in the UK will be obese than a healthy weight, the new projections show.
I’m in great physical shape today, but it hasn’t always been the case.
Back in 2014 I weighed 16.5 stone or nearly 105 kilograms. I was disgusted with myself as I had always been fit. I had played sports all my life.
The first thing I did was to cut out fizzy drinks entirely. I began drinking three litres of water a day and ate dinner no later than 5.30pm. I never ate after 6pm, not so much as a biscuit.
I reduced my sugar intake by half. It’s better to reduce it slowly rather than try to eliminate it altogether.
I was eating a large chocolate bar every day. So instead, I had one every other day and eventually stopped eating chocolate altogether.
I began jogging. I wasn’t breaking any records. I took up gentle 2-3 kilometer jogs three times a week.
The weight loss was dramatic. Within a fortnight I had lost over a stone. I never looked back.
These days I run every day. I don’t touch sugar apart from the occasional after dinner ice-cream. I drink around 4 litres of water a day and I never, ever eat after 6pm.
This morning I weighed 13 stone 12lbs. That’s around 88kg.
I’m telling you this in case you are overweight and looking for a bit of inspiration.
If you only try the first few steps I’ve outlined here, that is, drink lots of water, no food after 6pm and reduce your sugar by half, you’ll lose weight instantly and feel great.
You don’t even need to run. A few brisk walks a week will do fine. You are no more than a few miles away from a national park or beauty spot. Get off yer arse and go explore it.
You can do it.
