As Belts Tighten, Diabetes And Obesity Rates Bulge, UK

The diseases of choice keep increasing in prevalence.

The number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK has increased by more than 150,000 to 2.8 million in the past year, warns leading health charity Diabetes UK today.

The data, collected from GP practices, also show the nationwide figure of people registered as obese to have risen to over five and half million, an increase of more than 265,000. This now means one in 20 of the population is being treated for diabetes and one in ten for obesity.

Around 90 per cent of people with diabetes (2.5 million) have Type 2 diabetes1, which is strongly linked to being overweight or obese, leading a sedentary lifestyle and eating an unhealthy diet. In many cases the condition can be prevented by maintaining a healthy weight, taking regular physical activity and eating a balanced diet rich in fruit and vegetables but low in fat, sugar and salt.

Kudos, fatsos.

And how stupid are the rest of us who sit idly by paying for these uber-folk?

Uber-stupid.

Please, fatso, may we have another?