All is not well in the land of tea and crumpets.Despite an increase in life expectancy, obesity and diabetes rates in the United Kingdom continue to grow.
In the past ten years alone, the percentage of obese adult men in England has risen by forty percent. Children? Fifty percent!
More obesity and diabetes but also longer lives? Not as surprising as you might think.
After all, this study isn't detailing the quality of this extended life expectancy. For all we know, people are living an extra four or five years with health complications, multiple doctor visits, and a fistful of medications to take every day.
One especially disturbing statistic: "There are 2.2 million people in the UK living with the condition and up to... 750,000... who don't know it."
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