Fat Nation

Just found the article below and thought it was fitting to post it on my blog!

I am having a good week so far, enjoying eating some limited amounts of carbs, and having a salad at lunchtime is just divine. I have also been having some shredded wheat for my breakfast, I take this to work and eat it about 0930 as I can't do breakfast too early. Upto now I have only usually had breakfast at the weekend however it is really quite nice to have something in the morning that keep you feeling pleasantly full until "salad time"
I am off to a wedding at the weekend where I do not intend to have any alcohol however I do intend eating the wedding breakfast.
I will pop back tomorrow with an update after my official weigh in.


News article

Scotland is the second fattest nation

An alarming new study has revealed that Scotland is the second fattest nation in the developed world, behind America.
More than a quarter of the Scottish population is obese, at 25.5 per cent, compared to 32.2 per cent in America, and just 8.3 per cent in Norway. England comes fourth in the table at 22.5 per cent.
Scottish children are suffering an alarmingly high rate of obesity, according to the figures released by the Scottish Public Health Observatory. And women are also particularly at risk, since they are most likely to develop serious health problems from being obese.

Women are 13 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, four times more likely to suffer high blood pressure, three times more likely to develop cancer of the colon and 30 per cent more likely to suffer a stroke.
Obese men are five times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes and about twice as likely to develop osteoarthritis.
Heavily overweight people are 18 per cent more likely to need hospital treatment than those of normal weight in Scotland, with obesity costing the NHS £171 million in 2001 (the most recent year for which the figures are available). And in 2003, 500,000 cases of high blood pressure, 50,000 cases of coronary heart disease and 900 of cases of cancer, mostly of the colon, were caused by obesity in Scotland.
The Scottish Executive has launched plans to try and tackle the problem of childhood obesity by removing sweets and fizzy drinks from schools, serving less deep-fried food and more oily fish. It believes that by targeting children, it can make a difference for the future.

Percentage of obese members of the population around the world
United States: 32.2
Scotland: 25.5
Mexico: 24.2
England: 22.5
Canada: 22.4
Greece: 21.9