Would make for an interesting series of Operation Transformation.
I hope none of ye ever suffer with your glands.
So much for new year’s resolutions about eating more healthily — the biggest day for ordering takeaway is Jan 1.
A survey of more than 1,000 takeaway restaurants found stay-at-home diners had tired of the turkey and ham diet by the time New Year’s Day came around.
The second biggest day for the takeaway trade was Mar 18, as hordes sought to soak up the St Patrick Day’s hangover.
And the next busiest time was Dec 27, finally disproving the theory that you can work miracles with leftovers for the whole of Christmas week. 
It’s the disability of them being in a chair is the issue, not whether they are fat or not.
Look clinically related obesity is one thing Fagan and i am not saying they should see their medical entitlements cut back of course. But your normal Joe soap who can’t help filling their pie holes with grub deserve no special attention imo. In fact they should be penalized in some form for it.
A friend of mine lost 6 stone by simply changing their diet and getting off their hole and being more active. It was as simple as stepping back from the table and getting off theirs holes once and while.
I hope none of ye ever have an eating disorder.
Is this connected to the dirty weekend?
:rolleyes:
The majority of my home town must have one so.
I think the taxpayer should refuse to fund liver treatment for people who take a drink.
We need another war to thin out their ranks
While they’re at it they should stop wasting money educating students who don’t listen in class and take medical cards away from people who smoke.
Sure they’re only codding themselves
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While they’re at it they should stop wasting money educating students who don’t listen in class and take medical cards away from people who smoke.
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they should refuse medical treatment to smokers…[size=1]except wealthy ones[/size]
You should all be ashamed of your selves!! Disgusting carry on, you gluttonous cunts.
A NEW RESEARCH project has estimated the annual cost of overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland to be €1.64 billion.
In the Republic of Ireland, the cost is about €1.13 billion, while obesity costs Northern Ireland €510 million. In both jurisdictions, the spend is between 2.7 and 2.8 per cent of total health expenditure.
The University College Cork and safefood study broke down the figures to show that more than a third of the costs directly related to healthcare, including hospital in-patient and out-patient care, GP visits and drugs.
Sixty-five percent of the economic costs were indirect. Reduced or lost productivity and absenteeism related to obesity or being overweight totals €728 million. The main reason for work absenteeism and productivity loss is lower back pain.
“We now have reliable, contemporary and locally relevant figures for the annual, economic cost of weight-related ill health in Ireland,” said safefood CEO Martin Higgins.
“While it is acknowledged that these are conservative figures and don’t reflect the human and social costs, they show a compelling case for obesity prevention, based on changes in our food environment and physical activity levels.”
Altogether, 18 weight-related diseases were studied and the main drivers of direct healthcare costs are:[list]
[]Cardiac arrest – 44 per cent
[]Type 2 diabetes – 9 per cent
[]Colorectal cancer – 12 per cent
[]Stroke – 6 per cent
[]Cancers of the breast – 2 per cent
[]Kidney – 3 per cent
[]Oesophagus – 2 per cent
[]Gallbladder – 3 per cent
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Dr Cliodhna Foley-Nolan of safefood added, “Excess body weight is associated with a significant burden of chronic disease, with negative effects on overall life expectancy, disability free life expectancy, quality of life, healthcare costs and productivity.
“The findings from this research are critical for establishing priorities in health policy development and to guide and inform our response to the issue of excess weight in our society which is fundamentally preventable.”
Research lead Professor Ivan Perry of UCC said, “The current findings on the cost of overweight and obesity highlight the extend of societal involvement in diet and health and the limitations of approaches which emphasise the role of personal choice, responsibility and market forces in relation to diet and health.
“The current obesity epidemic in children and adults represents a clear example of market failure with external/third party costs defaulting to the taxpayers. The food sector is currently regulated to ensure food safety. Policy makers need to consider whether there is a need to extend this regulatory framework to address the effects of diet on health and wellbeing.”
A survey undertaken last year revealed that 37 per cent of people aged between 18 and 64 were overweight, while 24 per cent were obese – a significant increase since 1990.
In the past 20 years, men have gained an average 8kg (or 18lbs), while women have gained about 5kg (11lbs).
Was gonna throw up that report. I hope the fatties on here take a long hard look at themselves.
This is all a build up to a sugar tax or something along those lines. As long as they don’t put cider in that bracket I couldn’t give a fuck
It will most likely be on pop and sweets for a start. The amount of junk the current generation eat is frightening and i’ve highlighted it before… Chocolate, crisps and coke for breakfast!!
Who has that for breakfast?
I see plenty of snot nosed little fuckers chomping away on crisps and coke when I’m driving into work in the morning-makes me sick. I used to eat broccoli and spinach raw when I ran the 14 miles into school when I was a nipper. I wish more people could be like me.