We’re all too fat, too drunk and too lazy.
Apparently, according to the health fascists, 80% of us are overweight – or obese, don’t exercise enough and are drunk.
Eight out of 10 of middle-aged people in the UK weigh too much, drink too much or do not exercise enough, analysis from Public Health England (PHE) shows.
Modern life is harming the health of the nation, according to the organisation, which has launched a campaign, One You, aimed at the 83% of 40 to 60-year-olds – 87% of men and 79% of women in this age bracket – who are overweight or obese, exceed the chief medical officer’s alcohol guidelines or are physically inactive.
Obesity is one of the biggest problems for this group: 77% of men and 63% of women in middle age are overweight or obese. Obesity in adults has risen by 16% in the past 20 years. Research shows that many people cannot identify a healthy body, suggesting being overweight has become the new normal.
Bullshit on steroids. The guidance that we are given is based upon made-up figures. BMI is a discredited measure that is meaningless. So, what we have is that the “vast majority” of us who are perfectly healthy, drink in moderation and are most certainly not obese – nor even overweight – are ignoring the fetishists at PHE. Good.
I took the quiz – the usual patronising stuff and nonsense. One thing that will help is for PHE to stop regaling us with made-up figures preaching that we are all going to die. Well, we are, one day. Thing is, to enjoy life while we are here. And that might mean taking some risks with our health. So what? it’s our life to do with as we please.
It’s a well-known fact that 87.39% of statistics are made up on the spot.
it’s our life to do with as we please.
Unfortunately, that message doesn’t seem to have got through to the control freaks in ‘Public Health’.
At my recent medical MOT, a nurse who would make Hattie Jaques look like she had an eating disorder, voiced concern over my weight. I pointed out that muscle weighs more than fat, I am 2 inches taller than Sylvester Stallone, weigh 12lbs less, and will accept her concerns once she phones Stallone and tells him he’s a fat bastard. I deliberately didn’t point out her own physical statistics. Mainly because she scared the shit out of me.
I’m 58, ideal weight for my height and on the wagon in the new year as I will be training to do an ironman in July. So I must be in the 20% I think.
Of course any government department or fake charity connected with public health has a vested interest in claiming that we have a problem. You would think that any vaguely competent journalist would be able to work that out.
And that is what annoys me. The media simply regurgitate this twaddle unchallenged.
And there’s one of the problems. Could you name any vaguely competent journalists in the public domain today?
Another QTWTAIN shurely?
Update needed. Since I have spent the Xmas period doing less exercise and drinking whisky and a few beers, I have put on a couple of kilos. So I am now officially overweight. That this can be said about someone of average height who has a 32″ waist tells you everything you need to know about the statistics in question. Apologies for the half metricated nature of this post.
I lost a stone this year – since I took up cycling again – so was carrying more weight than I needed. However, at 5’7″ and 11st with a 31″ waist, I was hardly overweight – despite BMI placing me right on the edge. It’s bullshit.
The thing is that technically I am too fat. In July of next year, I have paid £300 to be allowed to swim 2.4 miles, cycle 112 miles and run 26.2 miles all inside seventeen hours. How many of those people who are currently lecturing me about my lifestyle are themselves fit enough to face such a challenge? If a any of you health Nazis are reading this, I am now throwing down the gauntlet. Either you do an ironman distance triathlon, or you shut the fuck up and get a real job.