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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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By Catherine Harvey
Following in the footsteps of our friends in the US, the UK are a nation of growing obesity. Cutting down on processed food and taking more exercise are tips that we read all the time. Gyms are springing up all over the place, as are slimming clubs, health warnings are in every single paper or magazine that we pick up, medical insurance comes with its own set of guidelines for healthy weight limits and adjust our premiums accordingly.
However, you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink. Similarly, you can give people all the advice in the world and even make them incur penalties in their finances through increased medical insurance premiums, but you cannot make them change their lifestyles or diets unless they really want to.
Endless excuses are heard by doctors as to why people can't lose weight. No time is the most bandied about excuse on the circuit but let's look a little more closely at the statistics.
It has already been deduced that women spend one year of their entire lives exercising but men spend two years on it. Can't women do more, I |
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