By 2020, 80% of men will be overweight

Right: here's a series of snippets: "Eight out of 10 men and almost seven in 10 women will be overweight or obese by 2020, ... the incidence of diabetes, stroke and heart disease will dramatically increase, ... "We are being overwhelmed by the effects of today's 'obesogenic' environment, with its abundance of energy-dense food and sedentary lifestyles.""

I think that there are a couple of things arise from this: what is the actuarial effect of this? With regard to pensions, we've been assuming a continued increased longevity; but surely these figures put that in question. The irony would be that we stop killing ourselves from smoking, overwork etc only to do it by overindulgence.

The other thing that I muse over in the face of these figures is that our meat intake is part of the issue. And I'm not saying you can't be vegetarian and obese but in changing we are likely to be able to build in more healthy choices and to be eating more stuff that is good for us anyhow...

Just thinking out loud really ...

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