Fat-related hospital admissions have doubled in the last four years, according to recently released statistics. And, it shows that women made up two in three of these admissions, heaping pressure on an already-stretched National Health Service. There were 616,961 cases in 2017, and that was compared with 292,404 back in 2013.
Conditions affecting the overweight include joint problems, heart and chest pains, and even pregnancy complications.
The NHS Digital report revealed that just one in four adults eats the recommended five-a-day portions of fruit and vegetables (i would actually think it is probably less than that). Among children, it is less than 16 per cent. The number of Brits given weight-loss surgery has risen to 6760, the highest for four years.
Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Forum, said: "a fifth more people going into hospital because they are too heavy is unsustainable. Obesity is preventable. But unless the Government gets to grip on this, it could bring the NHS down."
More than one in four adults are now, reportedly, dangerously fat compared with one in thirty-five back in the 1970s. One in five children is said to be obese by the end of primary school.
HMHB brings the subject back to responsibility. Yes, we know they have introduced a sugar tax, and that many drinks and cereals, for example, are reducing sugar content. Many food businesses are seeing how they themselves can reduce fat and sugar content in their meals. But ultimately, it is the responsibility of people to look after their nutrition - and if they have children, to look after them too. Children only get fat if they are fed the foods that do that.
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