Big Issue
We are getting fatter! Not just us here in Britain, but across the western world obesity levels are rising. Why?
Basically, food energy is measured in calories; if we eat more calories than our body needs and don't take enough exercise the extra calories are stored as fat and we put on weight. But changes in society have also had an impact:
- more working women means less time available for busy mums to cook fresh food, so more high fat, salt and sugar convenience food is being eaten
