Bad news for England!

Heather said: "Checkin out the 'net today and found an [URL=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050429/hl_nm/health_britain_obesity_dc]article[/URL] about how England's obesity rates have tripled since the 90's. The usual culprits.. junk food, lack of activity, lots of TV etc."

UniqueMystique said: "Wow! Ya think they learned their bad habits from us?"

Holly said: "Probably us along with the globalization of fast food restaurants and the popularity of video games."

lotusleaf said: "i have to agree, our youngsters are catching up with america in obesity rates-its the same old story-fast food-tv-video games-parents not wanting to let their kids play out for fear of paedophiles(we are always hearing about this on our news) etc etc. It is so much easier to zap processed food in a microwave than cook a decent healthy meal, everyone is so busy these days that this gets forgotten!!"