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Aug. 31st, 2006 10:02 amAccording to the latest studies of populaiton trends, the UK will have 13 million obese people by 2010. My immediate response to this was: "How on Earth will they fit all of them into Meadowhall?"
Additionally, those studies list the top ten 'obesity black spots' across the country, and I'm not surprised to see that Barnsley (pretty much where I grew up) is ranked at number 8. What does surprise me is that there are seven towns where people are even fatter. I wonder if they compete.
Of course, obesity is inferred by calculating BMI (Body mass index), a system which just divides weight by height and so consistently declares body builders and rugby players as being clinically obese. According to BMI measures, this fellow comes in the 'great fat wobbling sack of crap' category:
Be that as it may, though, I haven't seen that many people looking like that filling the aisles at the Trafford Centre.
Additionally, those studies list the top ten 'obesity black spots' across the country, and I'm not surprised to see that Barnsley (pretty much where I grew up) is ranked at number 8. What does surprise me is that there are seven towns where people are even fatter. I wonder if they compete.
Of course, obesity is inferred by calculating BMI (Body mass index), a system which just divides weight by height and so consistently declares body builders and rugby players as being clinically obese. According to BMI measures, this fellow comes in the 'great fat wobbling sack of crap' category:
Be that as it may, though, I haven't seen that many people looking like that filling the aisles at the Trafford Centre.
