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January 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Weight problems ‘normalised’ due to rapid rise in obesity, study finds
By
Chris Brooke
Last updated at 11:30 PM on 1st January 2012
Overweight Britons are living in denial about the size of their waistlines.
A quarter of the population is officially obese yet only 6 per cent believe their weight is bad enough to be classified in that category, according to a survey published today.
The study suggests that the rapid rise in obesity in recent years has caused weight problems to be ‘normalised’ – with as many as 10million people unaware their weight is putting their health at risk.
In denial: A quarter of the UK population is obese, yet only a fraction believe they should be classed in that category
Slimming World’s annual survey revealed that three quarters of those with a severe weight problem see ‘obesity’ as something that happens to other people.
But there is no under-estimating the emotional damage caused by piling on the pounds.
More than one in three people who are very overweight feel that weight is ‘the most important issue in life’ and up to half feel ‘embarrassed’, ‘ashamed’, ‘disgusted’ and ‘trapped’ by it.
The survey found that 70 per cent of
people in the UK want to lose weight, rising to 95 per cent for people
with a Body Mass Index in the obese category.
Dr Jacquie Lavin, head of nutrition and research at Slimming World, described the findings as ‘worrying’.
Pugh’s take on the obesity study
She said: ‘Many people, including many health professionals, believe that managing weight is just about energy balance, and that people simply need to “eat less and exercise more”.
‘However, that approach can never work while so many people deny how severely their weight could be affecting their health by increasing their risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke – or while they struggle with the emotional burden of being overweight, which can affect their confidence in their ability to make lifestyle changes.
‘As individuals, we need support to tackle the deep-rooted psychological issues around how we feel about our weight before we can begin to make those changes.’
Dr Lavin added: ‘Studies of behaviour change show that helping people to lose weight is not just about giving them information and lecturing them on what they should and shouldn’t eat.
‘It’s about encouraging and empowering people to want to make the change for themselves.
‘When it comes to weight-management, it’s as much about tackling deep-seated emotional and psychological issues as it is about providing practical help around diet and activity.
‘The right support will recognise the importance of tackling those feelings of low self-esteem, guilt and failure, helping people to understand why they are struggling, building confidence in and rewarding their ability to make changes and giving them realistic practical tools so that once they lose weight, they can keep it off for life.’
The survey of 2,065 people was conducted by YouGov in November.
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Surely if these obese people were in denial then they wouldnt be in the UK, but Egypt?
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The good thing about fat people is that they die and leave more food for the rest of us.
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If you’re slim and attractive, don’t go to England. When they stare at you and drool, you won’t be able to tell if they just think you’re hot or if they want to make a pie of you. By the way, what’s up with that photo? Men make up the vast majority of obese Britons. And yet, you roll out the photos of women every time there is an article like this.
– Cain L., Canada, 1/1/2012 17:32
================================================================= But woman make up the vast majority of obese in Canada, and there’s plenty of them, just like their neighbours in the U.S.
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‘…Want to lose weight? Try this easy exercise: Place both hands against the dinner table edge and push back.’
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‘…You can’t lose weight by talking about it. You have to keep your mouth shut.’
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Is the photo of the woman in the pink outfit there in case we don’t know what fat looks like?
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‘lecturing them on what they should and shouldn’t eat’. If these people do not know what is causing them to get fat then they must be short on brain cells.
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Mark, London, 02/1/2012 01:39 Greed and Laziness? Chalk another one up to being a stereotypical idiot. You see it’s people like you who like to spout venom that makes the lives of overweight people even worse than what they already have it. Unless YOU have walked in the shoes of those you’re persecuting YOU have NO rights judging them less you express your own ignorance (which you have already done).
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Whoa, that “Golddigga” picture is just… er… yes. I suddenly feel inspired to lose some weight.
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@- Victoria, Solihull, 02/1/2012 01:31 Great opportunity for clothing stores then, relabel Size 16 clothes as 12 and 14! No more high st stores closing as they flatter fat women!
– Jeff, London, 2/1/2012 2:56 ______________________________________________________ You know what, you don’t know how right you are. M S are at it now, and I’m sure many others. My ex was very into the gym and body building and he said it would work with men who are into weight training, but the other way round. If they were a medium, and they filled out a large, they would buy it regardless of whether they actually liked it. All psychological, they call it something like ‘vanity sizing’, and we will see more of it in the womens clothes market! It will do nothing to help the obesity epidemic, but they don’t care as long as they are selling clothes.
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