Monday, April 23, 2007

Obesity on the rise in Europe

Obesity rising in Europe, especially in children (Reuters)

An overweight man in Manchester. Britain's growing obesity problem is forcing crematoria to build bigger furnaces because of the broader coffins of their expanding clientele, according to local government officials.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)Reuters - The number of overweight people in Europe is rising and there is an especially worrying trend of increasing childhood obesity and in the number of people who are grossly obese, according to recent studies.

***The man in the picture was me.  Oh my God. 

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