Surprised at numbers of overweight adults - surely more needs to be done?

[OrangeSunset]

Fully prepared for this to be fairly controversial but here goes.

We’re on holiday in the South West. I am honestly shocked at the numbers of overweight adults on the beach today. I’d say at least 50% were overweight, across all age ranges. Really it was more like 70%. DH and I are ok but being harsh I’d say we could/should each lose 5kg and be more lean. It’s just miserable and I was shocked - even more so when you see overweight kids too as we all know that sets them up for a lifetime of weight issues.

I’m not sure what my point is, other than to say that Boris cutting some adverts just isn’t good enough. The prevalence of shit food is condemning people to an unhealthy life with medical issues and challenges that us as humans just shouldn’t be subjecting ourselves to.

How do we break this cycle? Anyone who points it is out is seen as judgemental but it’s gone beyond the point of individual choice surely - it doesn’t work and is ruining people’s lives and perpetuating the cycle.

[Zaphodsotherhead]

And also, by extension, why so many people have fat dogs...

I usually say 'well, you don't get a working breed if you don't like exercise' whilst thinking that their dogs must be seriously underexercised if they think 5 miles a day is overdoing things...

[DillonPanthersTexas]

It wasn't until I started st the gym many years ago I realised how much you have to exercise to burn off significant calories.

Depends on the exercise. From what I see down the gym there are quite a few people who just mooch about having a few minutes on a half a dozen bits of exercise equipment before hitting the showers. Doing a one hour spin class or doing 10km on the erg is going to burn several hundred calories.