I don't know how it is in the British school system, but a huge part of the problem in the USA are the dietary patterns formed in school aged children. I had to pick up my son from school years ago and was shocked to find candy and soda vending machines in the cafeteria. Yeah, getting 12-year-olds hopped up caffeine and sugar is a great idea! Ugh...
Fast food nation and supersize me went into this quite a bit, and the lobbying groups that advocate for these stupid things.
I started gaining weight. I altered my diet (oatmeal for breakfast) and exercising a mere 20 minutes each morning. Since then I lost the weight i gained and I didn't even have any help from the government. I wish people would stop being victims and start taking some personal responsibility.
I was on vaction in Spain and 80% of the britts were obese, not fat or overweight but really dangerously obese! It was chocking to withess and very sad especially since many of the children also were, not obese yet, but fat.
in the uk they want a food tax on crap food stuffs! my answer is screw that simply dont treat fat people on the nhs 6yrs ago i myself was getting a middle gut but that all gone now as i go the gym 2hrs x4 times a week. i didnt like going at first but now i can stop luv it and feel great after workout. fat people are lazy not interested in how they look etc the gov should open well stocked gym for free with people their to help on diets etc
If things can be this bad even though the food in Britain is the way it is today, someday when the food in Britain becomes really good, what will happen? JEEZ. I guess Britain and America are truly brothers and sisters.....
How come Hong Kong People aren't fat then? They have all the same technologies! Could it be that they eat fresh food every day, not ready meals and there are no family packs of biscuits and giant bottles of Coke in their homes. My student, Jeff, right here says he eats bananas and apples for snacks. He eats an unhealthy type snack once or twice a week. And he is not fat at all and glows with health as do all my students.
@millard27 Dumbest comment ever? Why? Because it's not about personal responability? So the government has to get involved? Hey, for one thing as far as I am concerned, It's none of the governments damn business! If I pay for my own health insurance I should be able to get as fat as I damn well please! It's called freedom of choice! One thing Americans understand about government run healthcare is they start to intrude on our lives WAY to much.
LMAO! "Government needs to take the lead"! HAHAHAHAAA, Oh, you silly liberal nanny state brits! lmao! The government will make you thin, Its not cuz you stuff your face and dont exercise! At least American fatass's admit its from eating too much.
A lot of English people like to point their fingers at Americans and call them fat yankees and what not, but they don't realize that they-themselves are becoming fat fucking slobs too. You can't call someone a fat piece of shit if you're a fat sack of shit too, that's hypocritical. But I get the feeling the Euro trash don't give a shit if they're a bunch of goddamn hypocrites. Americans may be fat, but at least they're not fat hypocrites.
Totally agree. The reason is because it's a stereotype that Americans are fat, and stereotypes are hard to lose.
Same goes for British teeth, a lot of people here still have very bad teeth, but it is getting better, much better than it was, especially amongst young ppl. The fat thing here in the UK is very new. If they show old footage from only the early 90s, one can't see barely any fat people.
What they are saying is crap. Of course obesity is avoidable and yes it is a question of discipline. I grew up in the UK in the 70s and there were no fat kids. Why? Because kids walked everywhere or went on their bikes. These people should go to parts of the world where people are struggling to get enough to eat. Maybe that would shame them into losing weight. BTW not everyone is the UK is a fatty. None of my family are. We eat proper food and exercise. Not difficult.
English have no culture they only eat junk food ! it good the hindus and arabs are taking over london and England !!!!.... the queen can save you all bastereds !!!!!
@darkstar3x16 if u think about it tho the 10 fattest people in history were from america and the obese people in america are alot bigger than the obese people in England as well as the fact that the percentage of obese people is higher in America and there's alot more people in America so there's more obese people
I couldn't believe my ears when they claimed that people shouldn't bother trying to lose weight, because it's out of their control due to 21st century technology. That's quite possibly the most absurd statement I've ever heard from a news report.
The fact is that people have a choice. They could choose to eat healthy/less food, but they opt to binge like a dump truck. They could choose to take up sports/fitness, but they opt to slouch motionless on their sofa. It's their choice!
@sbowesuk the best thing of all standing and putting weight on eating at home watching TV seeing my belly grow ... most people are nice and fat .. I'm 15 and I weight 260 pounds and are very happy
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@55patrycja People should learn how to fast more and become aware to how certain foods digest, obesity has everything to do with the enlargment of the intestines tied to the lack in physical activities but that is because we are surrounded by the distractions of technology
hahaha i am eating mcdonalds mostely every week to 2 or 3 for times and somehow i dont get fat ahahha,but for god sake i eat one big mac and not 20 hahahha
Since 30 years ago when The Goverment Diet Advice Changed to Base your Meals on Starchy Foods The Obesity Epidemic Went UP Not Down! The Dietry Advice Should Be Changed back to what it Was be4! To Loose Weight Avoid or Limit Starch and Sugars.. Thats Why Fats Proteins Vitamins and Minerals R Essential Nutrients! Carbs Are Not!!
wait a minute now... if we just stopped eating at McDonalds and drinking sodas they would just go out of business. We are funding our nemeses. Products come as result of Demand and we have been demanding cheap poison. It's our fault, not the system. We outnumber them...
For me let them over eat, one thing to consider is when they have the heart attack and they will have one no doubt on that if they continue, then with all that body fat the chances of the shock from the paddles being able to transmit enough power through the fat to restart the heart is about zero so the first attack could be the last one, at least it saves the NHS money.
vasinger, teaching kids how to survive in #1 the parents duty, so your parents did not teach you how to survive. By survival i mean to stay as healthy and comfortable for as many years as possible
and alot of it
any simple google search will give a free high proitein - low fat -low carb weight loss diet, then when you get to the correct healthy weight, up the carbs for energy producing and fat burning healthy body
Human biology is out of step with 21st century living - and overeating and lack of exercise are the same thing.
When food was scarce and it required hunting and gathering, more exercise and less eating were the results.
In the past it would have been inefficient to shit out the excess food without digestion, when it could be saved for days when there was no food to be found.
Now you can drive to the supermarket, buy a tiramisu and a coke and scoff it in front of several episodes of Friends.
@TimpBizkit because the majority of you do have bad teeth!! lol and now you're fat AND have bad teeth!! i have never personally been to your part of europe but i know lots of people who have. and they all say the same thing. the people are friendly but the weather sucks, you guys are dirty as fuck and have bad teeth. (yellow, crooked, chipped, bad breath, etc..)
@darkesthour1987 go eat some mcdonalds. the US invented mcdonalds to fatten the world. and soon we will have a fuckin mcdonalds in all the 3rd world countries. they dont need water... they need pepsi and fanta orange soda. and chicken mcnuggets and that royal with cheese thing which is really a quarter pounder. USA!! USA!!
Adults - UK obesity rates are the highest in Europe. The trend towards obesity has been rising faster in Great Britain recently than in most other OECD countries. 1 in every 4 British people are obese. 2 in every 3 adult males are overweight. The proportion of overweight individuals in the UK is expected to rise another 10% by 2010, according to OECD estimates.
the world is getting fat. I read one study where over one billion people are now considered fat. Reason: food is now more plentiful than ever and readily available to the masses and you can get a lot for a little price.
""beyond our control?"" oh please!! True the avail of unhealthy food and less need for everyday walking may exist,but we all can reject processed and fatty foods and find ways to burn calories such as use a bike when possible.
Vegtables are expensive as is all healthy foods, & junk fast food is cheap. Taxes, rent & bills go up, but not the paychecks & people are forced to eat that crap because its cheap. Also look at the sizes now, remember how a large soda back in the day was small sized? Now today a large looks like the size of a half gallon practically. Paycheck need to go up & taxes down so people can afford good food.
I agree that portion sizes are ridiculously huge, but fast food really isn't that cheap if you're eating it every day. It's much cheaper to feed a family by buying a bag of brown rice, lean ground meat and some carrots, tomatoes and lettuce to make a salad. The problem is, fast food is a lot tastier than healthy food, and it can be hard to forgo immediate pleasure for long term health.
I am afraid to say that from the perspective of someone coming from overseas, and namely from the rest of Europe, the quantity of junk and heavily processed unhealthy food available in British supermarkets is appaling and shocking. Some kinds of ready made meals I have seen there are really horror beyond human imagination.
of course theres fat food everywhere now a days, i mean in my area theres a mcdonalds every 3 blocks. But its your choice of course, i mean theres healthy food out there to and its your job to eat healthy and exercise. People who blame others are incredibly stupid.
I found it ironic that the newscasters reading this off a teleprompter are seem to be American. As the saying goes, those who live in glass houses should not throw rocks. :)
Not surprising when you see that brits bring their babies to eat Mc Donalds any day of the week. I have been living in Uk , and hell yeah that's right people are really fat compared to the rest of Europe. Loads of fat girls in mini-skirt totally assuming their massive belly beer. I will ever laugh of that obese girl who was eating next to me in Mc Donalds. She was literally stuck between her table and the wall behind her!
america here, you're about 5-10 years behind us uk. secondly, it all depends on personal discipline, diet and exercise. the government isnt going to do much except pass bills that basically say "everything gonna be okay". if you want something to change, you'll have to change.
I am an impoverished 18 year old man. I have nothing, no money, no gym, no help. I put my shoes on, walked around town, ate less and I lost 130+ pounds
Don't bother going into a diet, it is likely that it is out of your'e controll "
Roflmao that is cheap, Some people are more likely to become fat ofc that is true, but no matter what genetics you have you can loose weight with good meals and exercise. Or even by fasting..
@xXGreyWolf ok sure.. we're forcing you to be unhealthy because everything is our fault. you're not the ones who wont exercise or wont stop stuffing a twinkie down your throat because its not you, its us... sure, its america.. *sarcasm*
"Weight gain is unavoidable", sure, when there is a fast-food place on every high street and "obesity is inevitable", if you're a gluttonous pig. There is no fix for this, so don't look for it. UK will get fatter and fatter because most of the population are dumb, complacent lathargic retards who couldn't care less about its dire state of affairs. At least I'm not a fatass and that's all that matters (to me).
Majority of the world has one of two opinions on obesity. 1. It can be cured by eating less and exercising more. 2. It is very difficult to avoid because of the environment we live in. The answer is quite complex and there is no simple solution. I used to think that all obese people were lazy and lacked discipline but as I recently read, "to say that obesity results from overeating is like saying that alcoholism results from overdrinking". Also, good food must be subsidised. YouTube Gary Taubes.
RATION all sweets, cake, chips etc etc - and lower prices on lean meat, vegetables etC: en voila: the population are forced to take action on their diets.
Perhaps if the multinationals didn't keep promoting & advertising highly calorific processed foods, and governements were less afraid of offending their party donors, and industry pressure groups,the ordinary person would have kept to a normal human diet. This news report sucks.
ye but Britain has a right "dude" America is the most obese nation in the world...
and anyway if your country stopped putting the world to shame maybe it could get some internal problems sorted. instead of dragging our pussy ex-primeminister, Tony Blair, into Iraq and then Afghanistan you should've spent the time and effort into passing legislation that curbs the fast food industry.
When I was in New York last November I ordered a large mcdonalds meal and got what appeared to be a super size :|.
UK - worst European country in obesity, teenage pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, illiteracy (I would imagine; although that's partly due to our immigration problem and not a fault of our education system), and right now unemployment. And they're telling us the GOVERNMENT has to step in and do something about it? Give me a break. People have to stand up and sort themselves out, let the government deal with real issues like crime and the economy. All fatties: PUT DOWN THE F**KING FORK!
lol, I bet half the people shown in this video are from Stoke-on-Trent.
I get jibed at occasionally because I'm 6 foot tall and 150 pounds (slender, but not skinny.) Frankly, I consider myself fortunate. In a country where something like 1 in 5 young people is "overweight", and possibly 1 in 10 "obese", it's nice to be slim. And I enjoy my food, but I don't stuff my face with crap seven days a week just because I can eat and not gain weight.
self discipline might only partly be the answer, but it's a big part. That is if you have the basis through your genetics to become obese, you can add up to it quite alot via your lifestyle. In the opposite you can also control this tendency when you control what and how much you eat every day.
Lol! my brother from the Netherlands came down to spend time with us in the USA for the holidays, and he said there are not people like the fat people here.
i disagree that weight gain is inevitable. it is just yet ANOTHER excuse, alongside brain disorders.
i think our western culture makes weight gain EASIER, if no care is taken. about a year and a half ago, i lost a lot of extra weight through exercise and sensible eating, and i will actually say that maintaining weight can be just as hard as losing it.
if you are moving less, eat less. simple! simpler than re-arranging the entire western world!
its not that your own personal weight gain is inevitable but that the rise in obesity is inevitable because of the lifestyles and foods out there nowadays. It is bound to go up. you can only fix your own problem, its up to the government to fix the bigger issue.
Thank good I cone from eastern europe. I can get a good looking chick, enjoy good weather when I want to, go skiing in my own country and enjoy western european lifestyle during my normal life. Hehehehe
But really, western girls are becoming really fat. The new slim in the west is fat in the east of europe. And fat is obese. Of course we don't encourage and/or like those anorexic looking ones but still men and women need to be slim and fit.
why is that sad? they're fat and they should feel ashamed cuz is somethin bad for their health and maybe if they see themselves lookin awful on tv they would lose w8
So what I brought away from this is, people are being forced to eat massive quantities of crap? Is there like a food nazi that comes around cramming twinkies into people's mouths when they aren't ready? Oh wait I forgot, we live in the era of zero accountability. Of course our terrible behavior is someone else's fault.
completely agree. Kind of reminds me of my lefty uni profs, when something bad happens to people in third world countries it's always white christian men's fault. So same bullshit philosophy here, culture of victimization,
I agree that the scapegoat culture we live in is ridiculous. Rather than waiting for someone else to solve your problems you need to take action for yourself.
But I don't think the situation in developing countries can be compared to this. I agree that their leaders need to take action and that some problems are self inflicted but the West world have, and still do, play their role in their problems. These nations need to sort themselves out and it'll be even easier once the West butt out.
Agree 100%. People are always looking for someone to blame, it's time for people to wake up and smell the coffee, get off their lazy fucking asses, stop putting SHIT into their bodies, and get their act together!
its the parents fault teaching there children to eat junk food, my mother is obese yet my dad is fit so atleast my dad taught me to eat good and work out so I am glad i am not like my mother, I could only imagine how soft I would be with just her.
@Spectre426 Its so easy for someone like you to say that. I have been overweight since childhood. While I do admit that part of that is definitely my own fault, I grew up never knowing what a portion was. Was never taught proper nutrition. I just ate what all the other kids ate. They didnt get fat, but I did. Genetics plays a part in this too. I exercise and I eat much healthier now, but the scary thing is, it doesnt take much food to make a person fat.
Clearly the rates of recidivism for dieters, close to 94% who lose a significant amount of weight regain it and more within five years. This shows a very strong addiction at work, one even greater than that of hard drugs. Cure is near impossible at the moment. We have to concentrate on prevention until we find a better way to help people lose weight, but we should also avoid exaggerating the risks of being overweight. It is actually more dangerous to be underweight.
So what they're saying it's the food companies fault for people being fat. What a load of crap. It's like me blaming playboy magazine for giving me carpal tunnel syndrome
What a load of bullcrap. Of course it's fault of the individual, not the state or the food companies, everyone who's not retarded knows what's healthy and what isn't. IT all comes down to laziness, and 30 years?!?! He just plucked that figure out of thin air!!! The government are just too scared to put the blame where it belongs, on the obese people making the wrong choices in their diets and lifestyles.
One of our government's biggest flaws is taking on the burden of issues they can't really solve. Teenage pregnancy's another one. People say the rate is growing because of insufficient sex education and they agree! So tell me what are parents for? Rather than relying on teachers, sex ed. videos and condom appliance demonstrations, why don't they realise their responsibility to raise their own kids properly?
I agree with your comment, LadyLillianContessa. Not only are portion sizes on the increase in the UK according to someone I know but also there are a lot of unnecessary non-food chemicals in the processed foods. Our cells aren't equipped to effectively metabolize non-foods and it causes all kinds of problems. Natural is best and smaller portions are a must.
These obese people should be ashamed of themselves, yes, I see it everywhere I go all these fatties waddling along a street or in a supermarket then me being a fast walker trying to get past their slow jiggly fat bodies,(it isnt easy, if one knocks into you it can nearly push you over) they are a damn discrace to society they should be sent to fat camps all of them and be made to loose weight.
You say people who are overweight should be ashamed, I think you should be ashamed for having terrible spelling. I read your post correctly and your first response to me made no sense. You insult people and then can't handle it when someone else throws something at you.
seriously I feel so terrible for hurting such a kind considerable human being like you. I can tell by your cunning comments that you are a shining example of how society should be. :-) ha ha.
I can eat junk and sit on my ass all day if I chose to but I never get fat, so, lol. I chose not to because it is not good for me obviously, someone should tell these fat people this lol.
30 years to reverse the trend?!?!? WTF!!! where does that figure come from??? Surely if everyone starting eating healthy and working out, then the trend would literally reverse overnight?
Why are British people so surprised?
That have been clearly influenced by the AmericaniZation of Britain (especially England)!
TYDiMaria 1 month ago
I don't know how it is in the British school system, but a huge part of the problem in the USA are the dietary patterns formed in school aged children. I had to pick up my son from school years ago and was shocked to find candy and soda vending machines in the cafeteria. Yeah, getting 12-year-olds hopped up caffeine and sugar is a great idea! Ugh...
Fast food nation and supersize me went into this quite a bit, and the lobbying groups that advocate for these stupid things.
nwcoastlife 2 months ago
Self-discipline IS the answer you stupid fucks. Eat less calories and exercise. That's the fucking solution.
RedSandStudios 2 months ago
I started gaining weight. I altered my diet (oatmeal for breakfast) and exercising a mere 20 minutes each morning. Since then I lost the weight i gained and I didn't even have any help from the government. I wish people would stop being victims and start taking some personal responsibility.
cavejourney 3 months ago
Of course - everyone is a victim and the solution is even more government intervention. What a bunch of liberal crap.
Laylabean9800 3 months ago
I love it when a 300 pound 5 foot 3 english bloke calls all americans obese while he's in a room full of obese people.
edwardd6681 4 months ago
I was on vaction in Spain and 80% of the britts were obese, not fat or overweight but really dangerously obese! It was chocking to withess and very sad especially since many of the children also were, not obese yet, but fat.
TheYlro 5 months ago 3
Lazy & hungry ???? hm.....
15joey04 5 months ago
in the uk they want a food tax on crap food stuffs! my answer is screw that simply dont treat fat people on the nhs 6yrs ago i myself was getting a middle gut but that all gone now as i go the gym 2hrs x4 times a week. i didnt like going at first but now i can stop luv it and feel great after workout. fat people are lazy not interested in how they look etc the gov should open well stocked gym for free with people their to help on diets etc
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Bellinzona1000 5 months ago
HAhahaha. Americans reporting on how fat the UK is??? Irony!!!!
Tomskicat 5 months ago
@Tomskicat This was a CBC report. Canadian broadcasting company.
eatmyshortsyouidiot 4 months ago
@Tomskicat CBC is Canadian
nwcoastlife 2 months ago
THEY HAVE GOT A CHEAK FAT YANKS CAUSED IT WITH THEIR KFC MCD'S AND BURGER KING ALL LIKE DRUG DEALERS PEDDLING JUNK
blobby1972 6 months ago
ya england is horrible and everybody there eats like shit because the food there is so friking fattening
jabsimp 6 months ago
Fish and chips are healthier than burger and fries - at least fish is better for you
pauldavisfan 6 months ago
If things can be this bad even though the food in Britain is the way it is today, someday when the food in Britain becomes really good, what will happen? JEEZ. I guess Britain and America are truly brothers and sisters.....
ttiiyy 7 months ago
How come Hong Kong People aren't fat then? They have all the same technologies! Could it be that they eat fresh food every day, not ready meals and there are no family packs of biscuits and giant bottles of Coke in their homes. My student, Jeff, right here says he eats bananas and apples for snacks. He eats an unhealthy type snack once or twice a week. And he is not fat at all and glows with health as do all my students.
littleniyah 8 months ago 5
Go vegan...
lfratta 8 months ago
Lol did I just hear yanks giving us eating lessons?!?!
smithitt 8 months ago
@smithitt No you just didn't hear yanks giving you eating lessons. This was the CBC, Canadian news network.
eatmyshortsyouidiot 8 months ago
@eatmyshortsyouidiot AHA Fair play chief lol
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TheArodd 9 months ago
cheap food is carbs: fruit, cereals, vegetable oil, margarine - killls
live0day 9 months ago
Why is everyone assuming this clip is from the U.S.? The CBC is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
christinevere 9 months ago
@millard27 Dumbest comment ever? Why? Because it's not about personal responability? So the government has to get involved? Hey, for one thing as far as I am concerned, It's none of the governments damn business! If I pay for my own health insurance I should be able to get as fat as I damn well please! It's called freedom of choice! One thing Americans understand about government run healthcare is they start to intrude on our lives WAY to much.
Jerrysway 10 months ago 2
LMAO! "Government needs to take the lead"! HAHAHAHAAA, Oh, you silly liberal nanny state brits! lmao! The government will make you thin, Its not cuz you stuff your face and dont exercise! At least American fatass's admit its from eating too much.
Jerrysway 11 months ago
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Dumbest comment evar.
millard27 10 months ago
A lot of English people like to point their fingers at Americans and call them fat yankees and what not, but they don't realize that they-themselves are becoming fat fucking slobs too. You can't call someone a fat piece of shit if you're a fat sack of shit too, that's hypocritical. But I get the feeling the Euro trash don't give a shit if they're a bunch of goddamn hypocrites. Americans may be fat, but at least they're not fat hypocrites.
SexSteakSoda 11 months ago 2
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Totally agree. The reason is because it's a stereotype that Americans are fat, and stereotypes are hard to lose.
Same goes for British teeth, a lot of people here still have very bad teeth, but it is getting better, much better than it was, especially amongst young ppl. The fat thing here in the UK is very new. If they show old footage from only the early 90s, one can't see barely any fat people.
mty1 11 months ago
what...wait WTF?! America is reporting this?!
Warfresco 11 months ago
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eatmyshortsyouidiot 11 months ago
at least were nowhere near as bad as america hahahahaahahaahaahaha
rosscol601 11 months ago
What they are saying is crap. Of course obesity is avoidable and yes it is a question of discipline. I grew up in the UK in the 70s and there were no fat kids. Why? Because kids walked everywhere or went on their bikes. These people should go to parts of the world where people are struggling to get enough to eat. Maybe that would shame them into losing weight. BTW not everyone is the UK is a fatty. None of my family are. We eat proper food and exercise. Not difficult.
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Crazymenacekid 11 months ago
There's no need for racism :/
Some of you really need to get a grip of yourself.
MissSarahMayX 11 months ago
HAHAHA dumb brits
Z3USxTriXs 1 year ago
how do brits get so fat? it's not like they have good teeth to chew with...
natyice 1 year ago 2
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How do americans get so fat? they drive automatic cars and food is dirt cheap
Ryan199403 9 months ago
@Ryan199403 and the portions are huge
DragonFly122 9 months ago
lmao! BULLSHIT! I live in Britain and my BMI is 19.
It's really not that hard to maintain a reasonable body weight.
Also average UK BMI: 26.1
Average US BMI: 27.9
fucking hypocrites.
marky77 1 year ago
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eatmyshortsyouidiot 11 months ago
@eatmyshortsyouidiot because the USA and Canada have SIGNIFICANTLY higher rates of obeseity than the UK lmao.
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eatmyshortsyouidiot 11 months ago
English have no culture they only eat junk food ! it good the hindus and arabs are taking over london and England !!!!.... the queen can save you all bastereds !!!!!
lion1green 1 year ago
@lion1green Ironic that you say England has no culture yet you're typing in one of it's biggest cultural exports.
RobertNicholls 7 months ago
all this time the brists have been slagginyou all off for being the 'fat capital of the world', and here you are, getting your own backs on us. p
redpillow100 1 year ago 2
that is crazy
also one of the things I love the most about London is that you can walk anywhere
arasforreal 1 year ago
@darkstar3x16 if u think about it tho the 10 fattest people in history were from america and the obese people in america are alot bigger than the obese people in England as well as the fact that the percentage of obese people is higher in America and there's alot more people in America so there's more obese people
singingemogirl1 1 year ago
English are some of the fattest ugliest people in the world I don't know who the think they are to judge Americans lol
It started in America and spread to the west now it's spreading to East (china's obesity is soaring)
darkstar3x16 1 year ago
@darkstar3x16 people might be getting but i dont find english are the ugliest
lokrenzo 7 months ago
I couldn't believe my ears when they claimed that people shouldn't bother trying to lose weight, because it's out of their control due to 21st century technology. That's quite possibly the most absurd statement I've ever heard from a news report.
The fact is that people have a choice. They could choose to eat healthy/less food, but they opt to binge like a dump truck. They could choose to take up sports/fitness, but they opt to slouch motionless on their sofa. It's their choice!
sbowesuk 1 year ago
@sbowesuk the best thing of all standing and putting weight on eating at home watching TV seeing my belly grow ... most people are nice and fat .. I'm 15 and I weight 260 pounds and are very happy
marcoelectrodancer 1 year ago
Lets do something about obesity! As a Doctor in the healthcare field for 10 years, I can see the trend getting worse. If you are interested in a ground floor opportunity and live in the U.K. or Europe, I can get you some information on how you can profit and benefit helping people. Dr Troy McHenry, DC
doctortrade 1 year ago
@doctortrade what do you mean by that statement?
waypor1 1 year ago
everybody know how to is nice smoke the first cigaret after food,yes i am shure. So we continiue eating more to get this nice efect once again.
55patrycja 1 year ago
@55patrycja People should learn how to fast more and become aware to how certain foods digest, obesity has everything to do with the enlargment of the intestines tied to the lack in physical activities but that is because we are surrounded by the distractions of technology
waypor1 1 year ago
smoking make most fat ever,because whenu smoke your body need more and more food,stop smoking u will see u will eat less
55patrycja 1 year ago
hahaha i am eating mcdonalds mostely every week to 2 or 3 for times and somehow i dont get fat ahahha,but for god sake i eat one big mac and not 20 hahahha
55patrycja 1 year ago
Since 30 years ago when The Goverment Diet Advice Changed to Base your Meals on Starchy Foods The Obesity Epidemic Went UP Not Down! The Dietry Advice Should Be Changed back to what it Was be4! To Loose Weight Avoid or Limit Starch and Sugars.. Thats Why Fats Proteins Vitamins and Minerals R Essential Nutrients! Carbs Are Not!!
mokugin81 1 year ago
Guys.. Read the book called the Obesity Epidemic by Zoe Harcombe.. its out now! Please Do not eat less! eat Better!!
mokugin81 1 year ago
NATURAL SELECTION. Not an epidemic
Greenmin5 1 year ago
wait a minute now... if we just stopped eating at McDonalds and drinking sodas they would just go out of business. We are funding our nemeses. Products come as result of Demand and we have been demanding cheap poison. It's our fault, not the system. We outnumber them...
tankluster 1 year ago
For me let them over eat, one thing to consider is when they have the heart attack and they will have one no doubt on that if they continue, then with all that body fat the chances of the shock from the paddles being able to transmit enough power through the fat to restart the heart is about zero so the first attack could be the last one, at least it saves the NHS money.
ManxMistress 1 year ago
vasinger, teaching kids how to survive in #1 the parents duty, so your parents did not teach you how to survive. By survival i mean to stay as healthy and comfortable for as many years as possible
and alot of it
any simple google search will give a free high proitein - low fat -low carb weight loss diet, then when you get to the correct healthy weight, up the carbs for energy producing and fat burning healthy body
roslynny 1 year ago
the government is going to solve this?? yeah sure....change we can sit on , as in a fat butt
what ever any government touch , it quickly destroy!
roslynny 1 year ago
Human biology is out of step with 21st century living - and overeating and lack of exercise are the same thing.
When food was scarce and it required hunting and gathering, more exercise and less eating were the results.
In the past it would have been inefficient to shit out the excess food without digestion, when it could be saved for days when there was no food to be found.
Now you can drive to the supermarket, buy a tiramisu and a coke and scoff it in front of several episodes of Friends.
TimpBizkit 1 year ago
Dang, so they are obese AND have bad teeth... sorry had to go there. :P
Uuber 1 year ago
haha look at all those fat ass brits!! its funny how brits talk shit about americans bein fat... at least we have dentists motherfuckers
solimatt 1 year ago
@solimatt Why do Americans always talk shit about us having bad teeth?
Signed - A brit with good teeth
TimpBizkit 1 year ago
@TimpBizkit because the majority of you do have bad teeth!! lol and now you're fat AND have bad teeth!! i have never personally been to your part of europe but i know lots of people who have. and they all say the same thing. the people are friendly but the weather sucks, you guys are dirty as fuck and have bad teeth. (yellow, crooked, chipped, bad breath, etc..)
solimatt 1 year ago
@solimatt All the overweight people in this video were American tourists. ;) Brits fucking rock, bad teeth or not.
darkesthour1987 1 year ago
@darkesthour1987
Tourists don't count as the population -_-. Anyway Uk is just as fat as anyone else. Get over it limeys
TheSphereHunter 1 year ago
@darkesthour1987 go eat some mcdonalds. the US invented mcdonalds to fatten the world. and soon we will have a fuckin mcdonalds in all the 3rd world countries. they dont need water... they need pepsi and fanta orange soda. and chicken mcnuggets and that royal with cheese thing which is really a quarter pounder. USA!! USA!!
solimatt 1 year ago
Adults - UK obesity rates are the highest in Europe. The trend towards obesity has been rising faster in Great Britain recently than in most other OECD countries. 1 in every 4 British people are obese. 2 in every 3 adult males are overweight. The proportion of overweight individuals in the UK is expected to rise another 10% by 2010, according to OECD estimates.
tagspin 1 year ago
Too much spotted dick.
MrBarza100 1 year ago
It looks like Americans are not the only ones that need to lose some weight. :P I hope the Brits that keep calling Americans fat watch this!
CR10406 1 year ago
no self discipline is all the answer, just eat less exercise more, morons
Innovater6 1 year ago
the world is getting fat. I read one study where over one billion people are now considered fat. Reason: food is now more plentiful than ever and readily available to the masses and you can get a lot for a little price.
TheChristianMystic 1 year ago
Biafra and Ethiopia seem to not have this problem,it is not "inevitible"there ,hmm gee wonder why?
martinishot 1 year ago
""beyond our control?"" oh please!! True the avail of unhealthy food and less need for everyday walking may exist,but we all can reject processed and fatty foods and find ways to burn calories such as use a bike when possible.
martinishot 1 year ago
If obesity rises too far it could cause the island to sink and flooding of coastal towns!
TimpBizkit 1 year ago
Vegtables are expensive as is all healthy foods, & junk fast food is cheap. Taxes, rent & bills go up, but not the paychecks & people are forced to eat that crap because its cheap. Also look at the sizes now, remember how a large soda back in the day was small sized? Now today a large looks like the size of a half gallon practically. Paycheck need to go up & taxes down so people can afford good food.
donna1175 1 year ago
@donna1175
I agree that portion sizes are ridiculously huge, but fast food really isn't that cheap if you're eating it every day. It's much cheaper to feed a family by buying a bag of brown rice, lean ground meat and some carrots, tomatoes and lettuce to make a salad. The problem is, fast food is a lot tastier than healthy food, and it can be hard to forgo immediate pleasure for long term health.
MrBarza100 1 year ago
SURPRISE SURPRISE... fat Europeans.
donnyforte2 1 year ago
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I am afraid to say that from the perspective of someone coming from overseas, and namely from the rest of Europe, the quantity of junk and heavily processed unhealthy food available in British supermarkets is appaling and shocking. Some kinds of ready made meals I have seen there are really horror beyond human imagination.
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dglekjofg 1 year ago
Its not just the UK. I live over here in te U.S. and I see a snorlax or two every 2 minuets.
MyRandomParadise 1 year ago
@MyRandomParadise Whenever I try to throw my PokeBalls at them, the cops try to get me for assault charges. It's not fair. :(
xMollusk 1 year ago
of course theres fat food everywhere now a days, i mean in my area theres a mcdonalds every 3 blocks. But its your choice of course, i mean theres healthy food out there to and its your job to eat healthy and exercise. People who blame others are incredibly stupid.
m1grand70 1 year ago
oh bullshit ! Eat right and exercise, and you won't be obese.
emperoxy 1 year ago 29
@emperoxy Sadly, this is the simple truth many choose to ignore.
cremebruleec 1 year ago
NOOOOO I WILL DIE BEFORE I GET FAT!!!
yttihp11 1 year ago
I found it ironic that the newscasters reading this off a teleprompter are seem to be American. As the saying goes, those who live in glass houses should not throw rocks. :)
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magnum0striker 1 year ago
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@missmental
They don't look fat to me. Do they look fat to you? If not, how does the glass house analogy apply to them?
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magnum0striker 1 year ago
Not surprising when you see that brits bring their babies to eat Mc Donalds any day of the week. I have been living in Uk , and hell yeah that's right people are really fat compared to the rest of Europe. Loads of fat girls in mini-skirt totally assuming their massive belly beer. I will ever laugh of that obese girl who was eating next to me in Mc Donalds. She was literally stuck between her table and the wall behind her!
kingoftwat 1 year ago
america here, you're about 5-10 years behind us uk. secondly, it all depends on personal discipline, diet and exercise. the government isnt going to do much except pass bills that basically say "everything gonna be okay". if you want something to change, you'll have to change.
Vnix 1 year ago
@Vnix ahead in everything else though :L
yttihp11 1 year ago
haha! who's the fat ones now? i would like to see a british person say americans are fat when this is happening. hahaha
bluedog454 1 year ago 4
@bluedog454
Lol, I know right? Every time I see brits calling us fat, I link them to this video. Then they go silent as fuck! XD
magnum0striker 1 year ago 2
@magnum0striker LMAO!!!!!!!!!! XD hahaha im going to do that now.
bluedog454 1 year ago 5
I am an impoverished 18 year old man. I have nothing, no money, no gym, no help. I put my shoes on, walked around town, ate less and I lost 130+ pounds
TheBirdMamma 1 year ago 2
HERP DERP JUMP ON A STATIONARY BIKE
TheSilentFool 1 year ago
Don't bother going into a diet, it is likely that it is out of your'e controll "
Roflmao that is cheap, Some people are more likely to become fat ofc that is true, but no matter what genetics you have you can loose weight with good meals and exercise. Or even by fasting..
dubbeltid 1 year ago
thats a bit rich coming from you america!
xXGreyWolf 1 year ago 4
@xXGreyWolf ok sure.. we're forcing you to be unhealthy because everything is our fault. you're not the ones who wont exercise or wont stop stuffing a twinkie down your throat because its not you, its us... sure, its america.. *sarcasm*
bluedog454 1 year ago
@xXGreyWolf
Yeah, you don't like it when you're on the receiving end, do you?
I've been to UK myself. Many of you resemble the Michelin Man. How do you think you have room to call us fat is beyond me.
magnum0striker 1 year ago
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@magnum0striker OK granted. But still..
xXGreyWolf 1 year ago
"Weight gain is unavoidable", sure, when there is a fast-food place on every high street and "obesity is inevitable", if you're a gluttonous pig. There is no fix for this, so don't look for it. UK will get fatter and fatter because most of the population are dumb, complacent lathargic retards who couldn't care less about its dire state of affairs. At least I'm not a fatass and that's all that matters (to me).
qloudz 1 year ago
All the overweight people I know inhale greasy burgers and 44 ounce sugar sodas for lunch and dinner every day.
cenapecs77 1 year ago
oh yea, so the people have NO control over it.
Way to make everyone feel like helpless victims, obesity is being fat. you get fat by eating shitty foods and not working out.
Greenmin5 1 year ago
Majority of the world has one of two opinions on obesity. 1. It can be cured by eating less and exercising more. 2. It is very difficult to avoid because of the environment we live in. The answer is quite complex and there is no simple solution. I used to think that all obese people were lazy and lacked discipline but as I recently read, "to say that obesity results from overeating is like saying that alcoholism results from overdrinking". Also, good food must be subsidised. YouTube Gary Taubes.
cummindb 1 year ago
RATION all sweets, cake, chips etc etc - and lower prices on lean meat, vegetables etC: en voila: the population are forced to take action on their diets.
martinlindsgaard 1 year ago 3
none of them are fat at 1.20
vicwau87 1 year ago
0:31 and 0:50 is HORSESHIT!!
DragonFly122 1 year ago
unavoidable? Are you kidding me?
StateOfMind119 1 year ago
This aint Britain. it's America!
Mangs786 1 year ago
@Mangs786 Britain is now just as fat.. So is Canada. There's no escaping it!
TheJOHANVONDOORF 1 year ago 3
szQ1mqgVCBg go check this fat guy out,,he is going to go 40 straight days without eating,,
and he is going to post daily go subscribe to his page ,,he is trying to lose 40 pounds in 40 days,,crazy
ComcastCrusher 1 year ago
This is serious stuff, young men and woman are now to fat to join the military and fight for there country.
I am thankful that I am heathly, lean, and muscular!
LordofWarMovie 1 year ago
Perhaps if the multinationals didn't keep promoting & advertising highly calorific processed foods, and governements were less afraid of offending their party donors, and industry pressure groups,the ordinary person would have kept to a normal human diet. This news report sucks.
essexlol 1 year ago
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dewightn 1 year ago
its CBC hehe
kittythepoo 1 year ago
#1 you take away thier drivers liscence and say to fucking bad
#2 you post gaurds at fast food restaraunts and deny them entry
#3 you start a public advertising campaign shaming them and letting them know in easy terms that they're destroying the economy
lowaces 1 year ago 2
@lowaces, Britain is a democracy, that wouldn't be allowed.
rosscol106 1 year ago
democracy is only a word
its the unelected and unaccountable behind the scences beuaracrats who rule the show
lowaces 1 year ago
I would prefer fat people to mafiosi in my country... Also because you know how to stop eating, but not how to stop Mafia :'(
AmberFur 1 year ago
hahahahaha
how ironic the yanks commenting on britain's weight problem hahaha cracks me up
dhughes6 1 year ago
@dhughes6 uhmmm.....did you not see that the brit's started "commenting" on obesity in america first? get a clue dude.
ojitosverdes8 1 year ago
ye but Britain has a right "dude" America is the most obese nation in the world...
and anyway if your country stopped putting the world to shame maybe it could get some internal problems sorted. instead of dragging our pussy ex-primeminister, Tony Blair, into Iraq and then Afghanistan you should've spent the time and effort into passing legislation that curbs the fast food industry.
When I was in New York last November I ordered a large mcdonalds meal and got what appeared to be a super size :|.
dhughes6 1 year ago
Search "Morbid Obesity" on Krustbox (dot) com
Krustbox 2 years ago
Stop making excuses. Get off the couch, put down the fork and stop crying. Learn some self control you fat F L! C K S!
mrmtber 2 years ago
UK - worst European country in obesity, teenage pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, illiteracy (I would imagine; although that's partly due to our immigration problem and not a fault of our education system), and right now unemployment. And they're telling us the GOVERNMENT has to step in and do something about it? Give me a break. People have to stand up and sort themselves out, let the government deal with real issues like crime and the economy. All fatties: PUT DOWN THE F**KING FORK!
jamesgravil 2 years ago 4
lol, I bet half the people shown in this video are from Stoke-on-Trent.
I get jibed at occasionally because I'm 6 foot tall and 150 pounds (slender, but not skinny.) Frankly, I consider myself fortunate. In a country where something like 1 in 5 young people is "overweight", and possibly 1 in 10 "obese", it's nice to be slim. And I enjoy my food, but I don't stuff my face with crap seven days a week just because I can eat and not gain weight.
I think in some cases obesity is a moral failure.
jamesgravil 2 years ago
self discipline might only partly be the answer, but it's a big part. That is if you have the basis through your genetics to become obese, you can add up to it quite alot via your lifestyle. In the opposite you can also control this tendency when you control what and how much you eat every day.
Mantichora1 2 years ago
3 fattest countries according world factbook: America, Mexico, Great Britain.
Chimichanga12594 2 years ago
Lol! my brother from the Netherlands came down to spend time with us in the USA for the holidays, and he said there are not people like the fat people here.
TheMecob3 2 years ago 2
I would rather have a fat nation than a starving nation.
cwood4ever 2 years ago
i disagree that weight gain is inevitable. it is just yet ANOTHER excuse, alongside brain disorders.
i think our western culture makes weight gain EASIER, if no care is taken. about a year and a half ago, i lost a lot of extra weight through exercise and sensible eating, and i will actually say that maintaining weight can be just as hard as losing it.
if you are moving less, eat less. simple! simpler than re-arranging the entire western world!
LoneCookie 2 years ago
its not that your own personal weight gain is inevitable but that the rise in obesity is inevitable because of the lifestyles and foods out there nowadays. It is bound to go up. you can only fix your own problem, its up to the government to fix the bigger issue.
r00sh 2 years ago
Thank good I cone from eastern europe. I can get a good looking chick, enjoy good weather when I want to, go skiing in my own country and enjoy western european lifestyle during my normal life. Hehehehe
But really, western girls are becoming really fat. The new slim in the west is fat in the east of europe. And fat is obese. Of course we don't encourage and/or like those anorexic looking ones but still men and women need to be slim and fit.
kotapaka 2 years ago 2
MUNCH, SNARF, CRUNCH
ReptaJuDo2012 2 years ago 3
my bff is in england omg....
perfectgirl911 2 years ago
are they allowed to broadcast these vids of people? did they actually get permission?
xxPI3TROxx 2 years ago
as long as they don't shw the faces..they can do this. sad but true
laurenmhs 2 years ago
why is that sad? they're fat and they should feel ashamed cuz is somethin bad for their health and maybe if they see themselves lookin awful on tv they would lose w8
egocentric69 2 years ago
So what I brought away from this is, people are being forced to eat massive quantities of crap? Is there like a food nazi that comes around cramming twinkies into people's mouths when they aren't ready? Oh wait I forgot, we live in the era of zero accountability. Of course our terrible behavior is someone else's fault.
Spectre426 2 years ago 32
completely agree. Kind of reminds me of my lefty uni profs, when something bad happens to people in third world countries it's always white christian men's fault. So same bullshit philosophy here, culture of victimization,
erdemoz1 2 years ago
I agree that the scapegoat culture we live in is ridiculous. Rather than waiting for someone else to solve your problems you need to take action for yourself.
But I don't think the situation in developing countries can be compared to this. I agree that their leaders need to take action and that some problems are self inflicted but the West world have, and still do, play their role in their problems. These nations need to sort themselves out and it'll be even easier once the West butt out.
tigereyes5 2 years ago
Agree 100%. People are always looking for someone to blame, it's time for people to wake up and smell the coffee, get off their lazy fucking asses, stop putting SHIT into their bodies, and get their act together!
geoplanetaire 2 years ago 13
@geoplanetaire yes, true :) but you have to admit culture is also part of bussiness...
vaidotas86 1 year ago
its the parents fault teaching there children to eat junk food, my mother is obese yet my dad is fit so atleast my dad taught me to eat good and work out so I am glad i am not like my mother, I could only imagine how soft I would be with just her.
LavaMountainKat 2 years ago
@Spectre426 Its so easy for someone like you to say that. I have been overweight since childhood. While I do admit that part of that is definitely my own fault, I grew up never knowing what a portion was. Was never taught proper nutrition. I just ate what all the other kids ate. They didnt get fat, but I did. Genetics plays a part in this too. I exercise and I eat much healthier now, but the scary thing is, it doesnt take much food to make a person fat.
VASINGER 1 year ago
@Spectre426 Well spoken m8.
RsGhost1 1 year ago
Clearly the rates of recidivism for dieters, close to 94% who lose a significant amount of weight regain it and more within five years. This shows a very strong addiction at work, one even greater than that of hard drugs. Cure is near impossible at the moment. We have to concentrate on prevention until we find a better way to help people lose weight, but we should also avoid exaggerating the risks of being overweight. It is actually more dangerous to be underweight.
Mukkinese 2 years ago
So what they're saying it's the food companies fault for people being fat. What a load of crap. It's like me blaming playboy magazine for giving me carpal tunnel syndrome
Canuckfan78 2 years ago 3
what i hate most about Canadians is the fact that they like pointing fingers and dont often mind their own business
Canada has a fat epidemic too and here they are focusing on Britain
Africantigers 2 years ago
What a load of bullcrap. Of course it's fault of the individual, not the state or the food companies, everyone who's not retarded knows what's healthy and what isn't. IT all comes down to laziness, and 30 years?!?! He just plucked that figure out of thin air!!! The government are just too scared to put the blame where it belongs, on the obese people making the wrong choices in their diets and lifestyles.
amcadam26 2 years ago 3
One of our government's biggest flaws is taking on the burden of issues they can't really solve. Teenage pregnancy's another one. People say the rate is growing because of insufficient sex education and they agree! So tell me what are parents for? Rather than relying on teachers, sex ed. videos and condom appliance demonstrations, why don't they realise their responsibility to raise their own kids properly?
tigereyes5 2 years ago
welcome to the club england
paulinotou 2 years ago
I agree with your comment, LadyLillianContessa. Not only are portion sizes on the increase in the UK according to someone I know but also there are a lot of unnecessary non-food chemicals in the processed foods. Our cells aren't equipped to effectively metabolize non-foods and it causes all kinds of problems. Natural is best and smaller portions are a must.
Marta7350 2 years ago
i worry that 1 day britain will be where atlantis is
dazza5266 2 years ago
fat bastards ride a fucking bike. I live on a hill thats probs why im not fat :P
joewizard100 2 years ago
hahahaha UK is fat
D0P3H34D 2 years ago
my dream is too get married the uk and raise my kids there with a girl from scotland or londen but just dreams
narutofanboythegreat 2 years ago
These obese people should be ashamed of themselves, yes, I see it everywhere I go all these fatties waddling along a street or in a supermarket then me being a fast walker trying to get past their slow jiggly fat bodies,(it isnt easy, if one knocks into you it can nearly push you over) they are a damn discrace to society they should be sent to fat camps all of them and be made to loose weight.
johnnyjones2009 2 years ago
You should be sent to an english class to learn to spell the word 'lose'.
Minyadagniriel 2 years ago
you should be sent to an english class to learn how to read properly mate.
johnnyjones2009 2 years ago
and what is it to you if I shorten my words anyway its only youtube after all its not an English lesson.
johnnyjones2009 2 years ago
You say people who are overweight should be ashamed, I think you should be ashamed for having terrible spelling. I read your post correctly and your first response to me made no sense. You insult people and then can't handle it when someone else throws something at you.
Minyadagniriel 2 years ago
seriously I feel so terrible for hurting such a kind considerable human being like you. I can tell by your cunning comments that you are a shining example of how society should be. :-) ha ha.
johnnyjones2009 2 years ago
I can eat junk and sit on my ass all day if I chose to but I never get fat, so, lol. I chose not to because it is not good for me obviously, someone should tell these fat people this lol.
frcd2 2 years ago 2
30 years to reverse the trend?!?!? WTF!!! where does that figure come from??? Surely if everyone starting eating healthy and working out, then the trend would literally reverse overnight?
amcadam26 2 years ago