It’s enough to make you want to lie on the sofa with a plate of biscuits… one of the fattest parts of Britain has now been named the laziest.Sandwell, which already has an obesity epidemic, has come bottom in a national exercise survey.
Nearly half the locals admitted they have been seduced by the sedentary life and they could not be bothered to go for a walk, while only one in 20 gets on a bike in any given month.
Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, said ‘It’s a woeful situation where so many appear to have completely forsaken doing anything. But it’s little wonder.
According to the town people,”‘We need places where people, particularly children, feel pleasure getting there and being there; parks and open spaces instead of ugly buildings and graffiti.’
I – Word Understanding
Obesity Epidemic – prevalence of morbid obesity.
Sedentary Life – is a type of lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity.
Woeful – terrible.
Graffiti – wall writing.
II – Have your say
1.A countries success rate also depends on the over all health quotient of the country. Top 5 Worlds healthiest countries as of 2012.
1.Singapore
2.Italy
3.Australia
4.Switzerland
5.Japan
2.Fat People Face Discrimination Daily
● For decades, number of companies denied giving employment opportunities to heavy weight people.
● An airline company named Samoa Airline to charge passengers by of their weight.
● Overweight patients are more likely to switch doctors because they are being judged.
3.A sumo wrestler’s daily caloric intake can reach 8,000 kilocalories, more than twice that of an average Japanese adult male.How do Sumo Wrestlers get so big?
088 How one of the fattest towns is now also the laziest:Sandwell comes bottom in exercise survey
