Obesity in the UK: Causes, consequences and solutions

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am glad to see that all of you could make it to this meeting. It concerns our nation’s future, after all. I am not entirely unfamiliar with your organization, but for those of you I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting, my name is Sheryl Crowe, and I am an envoy of the World Health Organization, or in short, WHO. I have so kindly been invited here today by your director, so that we may share thoughts on the issue of obesity in the UK

As we are all aware of, obesity is a growing problem in the entire western world, and particularly in the United Kingdom. And as you might ask, how fast is this growth? Well, ladies, think of your husband, father or son. In just four years time, there is a 33 per cent chance of him being not just overweight or slightly fat, but so obese that it threatens his health. And gentlemen, mirror your female colleagues in their reflections and think of your female loved ones. 22 per cent will be obese, and the growth is especially frightening for girls aged 2-10; 1one in five will be obese. Those are indeed daunting thoughts.