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件名: Re: not that far behind in the UK either considering the size of our island
(V): UK Obesity Statistics
Trends in Overweight and Obesity
About 46% of men in England and 32% of women are overweight (a body mass index of 25-30 kg/m2), and an additional 17% of men and 21% of women are obese (a body mass index of more than 30 kg/m2 ).
Overweight and obesity increase with age. About 28% of men and 27% of women aged 16-24 are overweight or obese but 76% of men and 68% of women aged 55-64 are overweight or obese.
Overweight and obesity are increasing. The percentage of adults who are obese has roughly doubled since the mid-1980's.
Jim Dandy: thats my point V can tell everyone on here that our NHS is bloody brilliant and waiting lists have fallen etc etc but in reality its so different
im on a waiting list and i can only assume that what ever is causing the pain im getting is nothing to serious hence the long wait
Artful Dodger: oh dont get me started on our so called NHS its the pits for most people ive been waiting over 6 weeks to be called to go for a scan ive been back to my own docs twice and each time she says have i had the scan yet
Artful Dodger: i guess the bottom line is you CANNOT spend your way out of a recession every man woman and child in the UK will paying for the past Labour governments mistake for the next 30+ years
Artful Dodger: been broken for years been underfunded for years and your quite correct in saying it depends on your post code alot of the time whether you get the treatment needed esp cancer drugs
(V): i like the fact that its going to be fixed term government which means we know when the next election is going to be instead of ppl clinging on to power until the last second
she was so sure of herself man y many times our local newspaper asked her to reveal her expenses list and she refused every time saying it was nothing to do with anyone but herself
but the biggest shock up here was the lib dems taking Redcar over turning a massive Labour vote with a 25% swing to them
that was due to the closure of the Chorus steel works with 1500 job losses and the fact the Labour party knew about this for 9 months and decided to turn up and do something about 1 day before it was moth balled
Bernice: only cause he got caught out BIG TIME..LOL just shows me how all these walk abouts seemingly chatting to normal voters are so staged managed and this one went wrong badly
(V): but my point is you can run has many knife amnesty has you want it DOSN'T mean they work its a very sore point for me right now has a school friends sister was knifed to death last year and the court case is running now
件名: Re: Whats going on over that side of the pond?
Czuch: IMO they looking for scape goats in this whole sorry mess they created themselves and until the ppl have the chance to vote at the ballot box we stuck with a MP whos wasnt elected who took us into 2 wars no one here wanted but im sure V can explain it better when he gets back