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| Titled - Fat People... |
Lyrics:- 'You and I, We're gonna live forever' - Gallagher
Song Choice:- Well it's great news for us active types and not so for the six million adults in England that are so physically inactive that they are not even doing one brisk 10-minute walk each month.
Yep you read it right - A MONTH!
The finding is part of research by Public Health England (PHE) that reveals the shocking levels of inactivity among those aged between 40 and 60. It found that 41% of the 15.3 million people in that age group walked less than 10 consecutive minutes at a 'brisk pace' - of at least 3mph - each month.
That's if you call 20 minute miles a 'brisk pace', it's more of 'shopping pace' if you ask me and no wonder our Doctor's Surgeries and Hospitals are already full and will only become even more overloaded with folk that simply can't get off their backsides - it's a modern day plague.
The problem is, that in our modern politically correct world we're not to point out that obesity is killing our Nation and our National Health Service. I wonder how much PHE spent on the survey? I could have told them the results in one sentence and a simple head count in most city centres, especially in the poorer parts of the UK will deliver a 40% obesity rate. You only have to look around... yet there are no answers yet, just no-one walks, especially in London.
Well here's a few ideas, spend the cash getting food manufacturers to cut sugar, obliterate cigarettes for good and get a celebrity culture to encourage folk that being healthy, active and slim is cool. That would be a great way to start IMO.
What can WE do - well as people that know the benefits of aerobic fitness and being active, all we can do is to keep on encouraging others to get out there, become active and get on a diet - your mission is to save as many lives as possible as that's how serious a problem this is becoming.
The good thing is that it could well be thousands of lives as you are going to have a lot of time as we are going to 'Live Forever'.
Amen
Rory Coleman - 997 Marathons - 244 Ultras - 14 Marathon des Sables
9 Guinness World Records - 8,632 Days' Alcohol Free - 480 Days' post GBS
Location: Cardiff, Wales.
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