AS the UK is declared one of the unhealthiest countries in Europe it is time to take a reflective side stand and ponder the question why?
Ever since we discovered the USofA we have tried to emulate them, we wanted bigger cars and now have 8Litre four by fours clogging up the streets of Chelsea and killing cyclists.
We wanted fast food, now our malls and high streets (well those that are still open) are full of low nutrition / high fat food feeding pens and now over 50% of our population is obese.
We wanted celebrity, and lots of TV channels, now our TV channels are awash with drivel and shows about oneupmanship and vacuous life styles.
We wanted guns. Actually we didn't, we hate guns, it goes against our beliefs.
So can we blame the Americans for our unhealthy lifestyle? Partly but not entirely, we are unhealthy because we are bored, we live sedentary pen like lifestyles, aspiring to own gadgets we have no need for. We cant smoke so we eat, we have lots of debt so we drink, and we drink to forget.
If we want to study to better our chances we will expect to be in £40k debt at the end of it. We cant drive because insurance and fuel costs are too much. We don't join the Gym because people at them smell and membership isn't free.
We are told every day how pathetic we are and how puny our salaries are and how everything could be so much better if we were rich and wealthy.
And people drink to forget and boy do we know how to drink...
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