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I'm glad I'm not alone. The number of people in the world who are obese or overweight has topped 2.1 billion, up from 875 million in 1980, according to numbers published in a medical journal The Lancet. 

I'm a fat Londoner – one of many fat Londoners, it seems: this 188-country study placed the UK near the top of its 'obesity list'. And the study placed the US and China at the top of the global list, with the highest rates. Yes, China is on the list, I'm afraid. They might be talking about you, too.

Professor Hermann Toplak, at the University of Graz, in Austria, said: "Over the past decades, the modernization of our world, with all the technology around us, has led to laziness on all levels." 

The British National Institute for Health and Care said even a 3% weight loss – probably just a few kilos – would cut blood pressure and reduce the risk of type-2 diabetes and some cancers. 

I must say that this latest study made me think hard about my bad habits. I'm giving up fast food – for good! And I’ll exercise everyday.

 

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