The Fattest Town In Britain: “We Send Kebabs To The Same Address Three Times A Day”

With 80% of residents classed as overweight or obese and takeaways as far as the eye can see in every direction, Ebbw Vale has earned its title as the fattest town in Britain.
The Welsh valleys, once famous for a proud mining history, steelworks and stunning scenery, has seen thousand of jobs losses since those industries were shuttered. Now it’s facing an even bigger issue - people’s expanding waistlines.
Obesity rates in the south Wales area of Blaenau Gwent are the highest in the country. Four out of five people here are overweight or obese, putting an increasing strain on the health service and making it Britain’s fattest Borough.
TalkTV visits the town with the highest percentage of obese people in the country where some of the takeaways are delivering to the same addresses up to three times a day. We speak to local residents about how this is impacting the town and if there’s anything that can be done to reverse the ever-upwardly increasing scales.
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[@mrk45]

If there's no employment in the area, how can they afford to eat takeaway kebabs every day?

[@amirahabdi]

Then they have the audacity to come up with the “Heat or eat” malarkey

[@wobblybobengland]

Social

[@ileanamuntean7338]

Benefits and laziness.

[@riseandshine75]

That's what I was thinking. Ordering a take away every day is an expensive hobby.

[@sweeta17]

that is my thought too . even if earning quite good money and no unusual hcof living it would be expensive . i hope that huge plates left overs things that have not been touched wont go in the bin . i dont like when people do that when there are people that have little or no food .

[@aaron-justinanderson]

The irony of the guy making the Kebabs being the skinniest one in the video and all his workers being in fairly good shape 😂😂😂

[@JustMe-gs9xi]

Working in food shops can actually take your appetite away. I bet they just eat small portions.

[@chopjockey]

Also the workers in kebab shops probably don't feed that crap to their families either... Thay use Olive Oil at home but force Rapeseed oil on their customers...

[@IngramPetersJr-nr7rm]

They don't indulge in their products like that

[@EolosMusic]

Pablo Escobar never consumed his own product

[@caskettsolo7925]

@@JustMe-gs9xi I can say that I agree with this solely based on my own experience, whenever I cook for my family- as most of the times they do. Whenever I cook, I honestly don’t crave/ eat as much, even if it’s something that I would eat a lot of (eg. pasta dishes). Major factor in these cases (all around the world) seems to be the convenience and the other issues addressed in the video (job availability, etc.) In India for example, there are some big online apps to order food (Swiggy, Zomato being the biggest) and they BOOMED during COVID. Everything in moderation is fine. But it’s sad that fast food tends to be the affordable option, even that an issue since many are overpriced

[@sirkildalot8409]

Bless that lady who said she was feeling less lonely and fitter at the exercise class. Community is so important and human contact just as important as eating well and exercising. Keep it up hon. X

[@Bryherdian]

the majority of these overweight people use the pub for their contact with other people. The idea of going to exercise class would horrify them. The majority smoke, drink and even take drugs. The presenter asks if there is enough money from the government to tackle the obesity problem. Surely the responsibility rests with the people themselves. Tattoos are way over the top. The lady in the black tee shirt was making excuses and particularly the imminent death of her father. While I understand that this is a traumatic event, it happens to us all.

[@scarlettspear7447]

You are a very sweet person! XX

[@antinatalist9995]

No job = less human contact.

[@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse]

She went home and ate a kebab and a bag of doughnuts….🤷🏿‍♂️

[@dermotmcglinchey282]

A brilliant post 👏, every point you made was right in point and shows the value of community…I agree also that exercise and eating well is important, I at 72 and living alone most of the time exercise daily eat well and make sure I’m in contact with others..I now like happily in the Canary Islands so the climate is a big factor , yet the lady that lost 13 stone is an amazing example of how determination and a desire to change our lives is within our grasp…Well done to these people going to exercise in the video , I can see firstly fantastic social contact and then possibly lasting friendships which leads to competition among them to get fitter…

[@djlewis5149]

When I was younger poor people were always emaciated and thin, now it’s the exact opposite

[@TheJohnDorn]

Poor quality food is cheap and abundant.

[@feanorian21maglor38]

Yes, that's exactly right. Access to healthy food now seems to be a privilege. It's education that's needed, as there are ways of eating more healthily but more cheaply too. Sugar needs to be targeted.

[@eljay5009]

@@TheJohnDorn Sorry I don't accept that. Eating home cooked food is far cheaper than takeaways. I could cook a meal of fresh chicken, baked potatoes and mixed veg for 4/6 people for the same price as a single regular big mac meal. I made a pan of scouse a few days back (leeks, onions, carrots, potatoes). I put lamb in it, which bumps up the cost - but had I made it blind (i.e. without the meat), the total ingredient cost would be about £5 (including dumplings). We have had it 2 days running - and probably have enough left for another two days. Add in some bread and it's cost would be about £1.50 per day - to feed two adults. What takeaway could you get that would feed two adults with a healthy meal for 75p a head? Even a portion of chip shop chips around my way is £2. Price isn't the issue - laziness is.

[@AD-iq5qf]

@@TheJohnDornRubbish. It is not expensive to eat healthily, if you cook in batches and shop sensibly. Although that takes effort. By contrast…It’s easier to moan and blame everyone else for your faults and just check into the local NHS ego massage parlour than deal with your problems.

[@antinatalist9995]

@@eljay5009 Maybe depression behind the laziness? I think some people just give up and these aren't individuals, but whole communities existing like this- it's normal to be like that for the people who grow up there. I don't understand why people return after Uni, if there is no work there.

[@christophercooper2208]

Have you noticed that the people selling the kebabs are often thin and the people buying them are often fat ? The average weight of a Turkish man is 10kg lower than the average weight of a Welsh man. The documentary here makes out that kebabs are to blame for obesity. It's the over-consumption of sugar. If you're anybody who wants to lose 10kg like i have done, the first step for me as a sugar addict was to stop taking sugar in my tea and coffee. I stopped the consumption of sweet drinks inc. smoothies altogether. They don't mention that here and that so many supermarkets are full of aisles of crap.

[@mydogeatspuke]

As a former Lucozade addict and current Coke addict, I completely agree. Sugar not only makes you bloated, causes you to gain weight and risk all the associated health problems, but it also destroys your teeth. Beers and ciders are really bad for it too.

[@Hereford1642]

The accent on those Kebab shop owners though. They are morphing from Turkish to Welsh.

[@ileanamuntean7338]

Well, they seem to have found jobs in Wales.@@Hereford1642

[@ileanamuntean7338]

....and destroy their gut flora@@ngc4486diane

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

I saw a girl in the chipper putting on a new Kebab joint on the skewer. It looked a d smelled disgusting. She said it feels disgusting too. When you see the amount of gunge that drips off them when being cooked it's disgusting. My dad said that Kebabs and burgers are made from the 5th quarter. Explain pray tell I said. When all the meat is taken off an animal the steam hose it to take what's left. That's what your eating. Seldom have I bought a burger since. That's was over 40 years ago he told me that

[@luciclark3188]

Well done to the women who has lost 13 stone, that’s an absolutely amazing achievement! She has added decades back onto her life.

[@JustDaniel6764]

Its mad that, Im 13 stone, she basically shed me😂😂

[@weemac4645]

She should never have got so fat in the first place.

[@davidtempleton3109]

She's not added decades m8 she might get one and I wouldn't put money on it she's done really well 🎉but the damage is already done

[@JustDaniel6764]

@@judgemental_terrier Dayyyuum

[@bigstevie007]

She ate like a pig for years and then stopped eating so much. What an amazing achievement.

[@yasmin8851]

Wow, this looks like the US. And I'm American so no shade. We have a serious obesity problem here. Processed food, everything has sugar and corn syrup.

[@Praisethesunson]

America has exported that diet globally.

[@sammymillinchip8456]

Who can afford to eat fast food and kebabs 3 times a day!? Even a week!?

[@mycatspethooman5590]

I was thinking the same

[@Myndir]

Benefits + spending habits.

[@lha816]

I was thinking the same!

[@antinatalist9995]

Good at gambling maybe?

[@sammymillinchip8456]

@@antinatalist9995 I never win nothing, I'd starve lol 😆

[@helenrushful]

We studied cooking at school and home economics, I’m not sure many of these people have much of a handle on either. But one things clear: cooking your own food not just saves you money, it means you’re in control of what’s going into you. I think that’s what’s missing here.

[@twistedbuddhaha]

Spot on...Amazes me how many people can't or won't cook these days

[@PastaSauce.]

No excuse these days. I never learnt cooking in school however with KZbin and the internet it’s super easy to learn.

[@tenniskinsella7768]

I'm overweight don't know if I'm called obese or not size 16 put on weight in middle age but I eat healthily so don'tike people thinking I eat junk food even as a child I didn't have a sweet tooth. It's not fair that some people are overweight amd it's just assumed they eat junk food. It may be just their build. Whilst everyone is going hysterical about weight there is an increase in eating disorders. Wonder why

[@baz2374]

This is true. I don't have a choice because I'm mostly broke. I don't even drink alcohol anymore. I love cooking though. If I want pizza I'll make everything from scratch. Ridiculously cheap. Just time consuming. If you make your own base. But you can make 4 at a time so it's not too bad.

[@twistedbuddhaha]

@@baz2374 make a big batch , you can freeze the dough balls and use them as needed.

[@ag9899]

I worked as a doctor in Gwent area for a year. I didn’t understand at first how a rural area could have so many hospitals but it became very clear how unhealthy the population is. Even in the hospital, I had a major culture shock ( as someone from south England) that every meal was served with chips, be it on the ward or cafeteria. Curry + rice. And chips. Roast beef + roast potatoes. With CHIPS. No one there thought it was weird? I was the weirdo for not wanting chips with my chilli con carne with rice. Like, help me, why??? Edit: by chips I mean thick cut “fries” imagine chunks of potatoes deep fried in the fish and chips shop. Edit x2: I would sometimes get charged child bus tickets because I’m a 50kg 5’4 woman. My consultant said the only time people here are slim is when they’re in school so the bus driver didn’t even bother to take a good look. Wild.

[@polarvortex3294]

Sometimes it takes an outsider to see things clearly.

[@thorn195]

EXACTLY the chilli con carne is the really weird one

[@mypointofview1111]

It's a throwback to the 1970s. Back then in London if you went into your local cafeteria everything was served with chips. You could have spaghetti bolognaise with chips. You could have pizza and chips. Ravioli and chips. Eating habits have moved on and it would be weird to eat like that now. I think it's something that's just stuck. Carbs are a cheap way of filling up when you don't have a lot of money.

[@thorn195]

@@mypointofview1111 and now its the opposite london food is super expensive and tiny haha

[@thomasconnolly2196]

Yeah . Half n half it's called . You don't have to be fat to enjoy half n half.

[@atulpandey6500]

Feels like UK is rapidly loosing it's wealth and health

[@behave7583]

Brexit . They did not Think that through

[@HomoLegalMedic]

Don't blame 48% of us, we voted to remain in the EU.

[@atulpandey6500]

@@HomoLegalMedic brexit is just one of the issues. Although its the biggest factor. Others issues are the inflation caused by war, cultural decline of the society (transition towards woke culture from the culture focused on working hard and making a living and too many illegal immigrants / refugees. Lot of these issues are common for a lot of western countries these days but Britain got brexit along with all this

[@raymondlin8728]

Being unemployed, helped with my diet. No money. No food. Went from 230+ lb to 190.

[@norten76]

The thing is, a good kebab is not necessarily unhealthy at all, but three times a day, with a ton of chips of course? Yeah.

[@ay2deet578]

​@@elijahfluw4347grilled chicken shish, pitta, salad, perfectly healthy

[@alexpetrov8871]

@@ay2deet578 pitta is not healthy, it is processed food

[@noorlita]

​@@alexpetrov8871It's literally just flatbread

[@alexpetrov8871]

​@@noorlita "just flatbread" - well, have you ever tried to eat raw wheat? This is not a food for humans from evolution perspective. You simply can't go to a field gather some wheat and eat it. Even if you manage to gather enough wheat by your hands - you try to eat it to feel sate you'll have some serious digestive problems. Now imagine the path wheat have traveled before it became "just flatbread" - it was gathered, threshed, grind into flour, then added eggs, yeast,sugar,salt, it was fermented by yeast bacteria, then result was thermal treated. I am not arguing value of "bread" for civilization but it wasn't for sure something "Mother Nature" intended for us as food. Bread is a "processed food" in truest sense of the word and It is not healthy.

[@jnayvann]

You can easily get by with just the meat

[@themav7232]

I used to be a delivery driver for a takeaway and the amount of times a week I'd deliver to the same addresses was unreal,one address spent just over £10.000 in one year on kebabs and pizzas!!! A guy in his early twenties was on the verge of selling his house because he couldn't afford the mortgage payments,I told him to stop buying takeaways so often and you'll be fine,thankfully he took my advice on board and was able to keep his house. The majority of deliveries were to those on benefits,the government should give vouchers instead of cash,that would help a lot of them learn to cook and feed their children better food,I'd hope?!

[@dndkillaztreble5317]

Lol delivery driver giving mortgage advice… tips must be good wear you are 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ogsltd9912]

Things that didn’t happen…

[@gav5773]

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story "sun Tzu"

[@willnestor6422]

@@dndkillaztreble5317 "Where"

[@DavidSmith-oy4of]

As a fatty I think there should be a voucher system available where people on low incomes can pay half price for foods deemed healthy or beneficial at certain supermarkets. Would push me to buy healthier rather than cheap frozen pizzas.

[@vinaymulukutla358]

The lady getting fat shamed on the beach was absolutely heartbreaking. And those people called her disgusting yet they were spitting venom themselves out of their toilet mouths. Hypocrites.

[@LeeGordon-fp9zf]

I'm thinking that because she is obese and her son is on his way they were angry about her lack of care for her overweight son. I dont care about overweight adults but when I see their children like bowling balls it makes me angry. Parents must look after all aspects of their child's health.

[@lipsticktiffany4602]

The lady that lost 13 stone, way to go!!! You ROCK!!!!!! Love from Washington USA!!!!❤❤

[@EviMlcak]

Washington? Seattle's my favorite city.

[@bill-2018]

I haven't got 13 stone to lose. 11 stone here and that's after finishing work I put on ½ a stone.

[@lipsticktiffany4602]

@@bill-2018 What???

[@lauraholliday9343]

I think a lot of people eat fast food for dopamine. When youve no money and nothing to do, eating food that tastes good and feels like a treat can make you feel temporarily better.

[@scotishboy27]

Spot on

[@757Princess]

I had to detox from fast food to save money and it fave me a migraine. I had to order fries or a single burger to prevent migraines 😮

[@jmi5969]

"no money"? how can they afford luxuries like meat? They are British, they are rich.

[@AlbanSombreval8686]

@@757Princess Ok i don't eat fries or burgers or any fast food. I eat healthy during the day but i have issues with sugar. I eat chocolate biscuits on the evening. I could eat a box of mint chocolate thins a day and a pack of belgian chocolate waffles. i went to a health center, and biscuits were forbidden. I dreamt of chocolate toffees during my sleep.

[@christaylor2070]

How do order fast food when you've 'no money' ???😆

[@Music73777]

It can be very challenging to get over addictions to sugar and processed foods, but eventually what used to be a challenge becomes a preference. Once your body gets accustomed to feeling healthier, the cravings for unhealthy and processed foods start to diminish.

[@CrniWuk]

Not for me no. I lost more than 35kg and the craving is still there. It's a constant battle and it requires always to be aware and making concious choices. I can only talk for my self here, but the main problem is that we're almost constantly surounded with temptations that unhealthy food is often cheaper and easier to come by than healthy alternatives. Imagine like as if cocaine, heroin, crack and the like would be sold everywhere around the clock, as easy like a phone call.

[@verabolton]

@@CrniWuk You're right. I found that I have trigger foods which I call "alcoholic foods" - I must avoid eating them because they start a chemical reaction in my body, just like alcohol does to the alcoholics. I also discovered trigger behaviours (like eating in front of the telly), trigger times (11pm) and trigger emotions. I built a support network who I can contact in time of crisis - just like Alcoholic Anonymous does 🤩 Food addiction is a lifelong disease, and we don't need to work on the stigma: we need to help obese people to understand their disease. When I was obese, I didn't see myself obese, I accepted my body. I wish people (and especially doctors) would have encouraged me more to work on my weight. Fat phobia is the healthiest thing one can have imo

[@schmingusss]

It really all comes down to food.

[@HotaraTakeo]

Exactly what I experienced. I lost weight by replacing my diet with healthy one. After a while of not eating junk my palette adjusted and I don't find junk food as tasty as I used to. There are still things I like but most of it is too sweet/salty/fatty/sour and all at once. I still get cravings but milder tasting things like raw vegetables, meat and diary. What I can say though if you just eat less of junk food instead of quitting outright cravings never go away. It has to be permanent diet change.

[@fortniteking8531]

@@CrniWuk I'm the same. I wait for that magic moment when the strong desires will stop, but they are omnipresent. After 30kgs I still have to always manage the cravings. Congrats. on your weight loss !

[@benibluefoe]

Gross. Looking at that massive plate of food made me sick. How can anyone consume that much resource in one go?

[@cosmicsoup2811]

Great doc. Very well made! 👏🏼

[@andrewblakesley4202]

I have been obese and I am still overweight. I am the only person accountable for my diet and health. I've lost a lot of weight now but it's a long journey that doesn't really end and it takes huge self discipline. It's about choices, hard choices.

[@andyharpist2938]

Look up 'Keto Diet' mate. And read the reviews. You will never go back. Seriously. Good luck. I lost 15 kgs since Xmas.

[@annmariebudyn]

I agree. At 67 I'm still struggling. It's a long sometimes slow path but nobody else can do it. Education is part of the answer.

[@doriellesoler7502]

Best wishes to you, been there and done that. If only all the other ignorant, opinionated so and so's would just shut up and let others get on with it. They on the other hand would be outraged if someone shouted out to them about their drinks, their ciggies or their tattoes but feel they have perfect liberty to reproach others about their weight - arrrrgh !

[@rachela.5981]

Same here @andrewblakeey4202. I’ve got long ways to go. It was my fault, some days are hard some are better. It’s all about wanting it at the e end of the day

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@DrZook great advice, sir, what many people dont know is that reducing carbs also reduce your overall hunger and insulin levels, the less insulin in the blood, the more the body will burn store fat (since insulin tells the body to store carbs aka sugars)

[@susanleitch8649]

That huge meal he tried to eat... that's more than my family would eat at a normal teatime. And being a frugal pensioner now, the amount of waste of what isn't eaten, apalls me to be honest. Mum used to say, "your eyes are bigger than your belly".

[@debby705]

Just looking at all that food/meat made me feel sick. How anybody could think about eating in such an unhealthy way amazes me. I love a bit of meat and food in general, but fortunately my own self respect gives me the willpower to reign myself in and know my limits. This is even more important these days as I suffer from MS, it would be easy for me to just sit around eating, but I won't allow myself to do it.

[@EdinaCloud]

My Dad used to say that to me and I was a stick insect. Lol.

[@carolwilliams8511]

That was a really gross plate of food. Not a green vegetable in sight. Colon cancer coming up for a lot of people who eat so little fibre and so much animal fat.

[@SirHargreeves]

Probably offered the leftovers to the other punters. A few plates left on the bar and it would soon be cleaned up.

[@rvn5532]

Someone cheap would put half of what they can't eat and they won't touch it into food containers. It can fill them for the next day 😂

[@thomasholland8936]

I really felt sorry for that lady who burst into tears because her father has brain cancer. She is so right when she said her father is more important than loosing weight. My heart goes out to her & her family, bless them

[@susanmarston5475]

The trouble with this world and I can talk from experience because it happened to me as a child.If you are THIN then you are in.Being overweight carries more pre judgement then any other ailment they treat you as an outcast.They the THIN need to remember we are still Human

[@TheRoybeasley]

Yes, I too felt sorry for her - It's a totally crap situation in which she finds herself. However, instead of it focussing her thoughts into realising just how precious she is to her kids, and even galvanising her into making sure she continues to be an active part of their lives for as long as possible, she effectively says "fuck it, I'm just going to carry on as before." Even using her Dad's health issue as some sort of justification for continuing to neglect her own.

[@oliviainnlondon]

I went to Cheshire zoo recently where it was try spot the skinny person. The food court had lines of people buying burgers, fish and chips and pizza but the salad bar was empty so I just got my caesar salad and coffee without any queuing 💁‍♀️ I am on Weight Watchers and lost 60lbs and run everyday but it opened my eyes to see what was going on. We all had the healthy option but no-one else chose it.

[@davidmoore4615]

I don't think Weight Watchers helped you lose weight though. More exercise and healthier meal choices did. Any attribution to an organisation that profits from human misery is a symptom of brainwash syndrome.

[@larah9870]

Depends on where you are from. In Belgium, most people are quite thin!

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

davidmoore4615 Weight Watchers is a program that simplifies counting calories so it's easier to keep track of calories in, calories out. That's all it is.

[@oliviainnlondon]

@@KFrost-fx7dt - agreed. Anything you have as an aid to track helps. Eyeballing food and saying well I did not have much of that cake does not work 💁‍♀️ you have to know how you got fat in order to lose weight

[@EllyinAdelaide]

Caesar salad often has more calories than a burger though, it’s not the healthy option I initially thought 😅

[@palmerjane773]

It use to be incredibly rare to see anyone really over weight before the 90s throughout the world

[@kevinwilliams1421]

We danced ourselves thin in the early 90s…no need for gyms

[@darrenbrown4605]

​@@kevinwilliams1421I'm one of those bucking the fat trend

[@sjacrane]

Why’s that when processed food and sugar diets were just as widespread if not more since the 50s?

[@sjacrane]

@@kevinwilliams1421you also took drugs which explains the higher energy and weight loss.

[@notpissedenough5623]

Ok boomer

[@Brizlebird]

The issue is Ultra Processed Food, how addictive it is and how it rewires the brain.

[@valuetraveler2026]

you can not eat it

[@wombatlittle1]

It looked more like high fat food and huge portions.

[@MinkieWinkle]

No one forces you to eat it. Self control comes first, cutting out bad food, will not stop someone from over eating good food. self control will

[@lisatroni677]

Sugar is poison

[@zandithshloper2005]

@@MinkieWinkle they only spend billions in brainwashing us at birth to consume their slop. They do about everything except shove it down your throat.

[@5578pedro]

Rachel is an articulate intelligent young woman, a pleasure to listen to. Very sorry about her Father.

[@lindacraig7486]

Yes. Absolutely. However, she makes her own food choices! We all do.

[@sumary7663]

Thanks for this excellent video. Eye opening.

[@kevinwilliams1421]

Not having employment steels a man of his dignity…the feeling of providing for your family fills a men’s heart with joy and pride

[@dantownsend4246]

The though of actually moving to a place of employment is a totally foreign idea to them

[@johnnunn8688]

And pies.

[@hugodrax71]

Yes, so if there's no work in your home area, move to a place where there is work. My father was from a small village in southern Italy. Zero job prospects. He moved away to work...northern Italy, Germany and then the UK.

[@jacquelinelion9879]

You've put your finger on part of the problem Kevin. Work gives you a wonderful feeling of being useful and you can't put a price on that. I am not talking about slavery or exploitation of course. I am 71 years old and Welsh (BTW). I was lucky enough to get a free education in university (last of the dinosaurs) so I have always had a career, but at 60 I went to live in Denmark and was too old for the job market in my field.... so I got a job as a cleaner and I loved it (my goodness it was hard). I finally retired only 2 months ago but the owner of the company asked me to work one day a week so I said yes and I still get that feeling of satisfaction and being USEFUL and I intend continuing as long as possible. You are so right. Work is necessary for psychological well-being.

[@jacquelinelion9879]

@crusher7506 A positive mindset is one of the keys to inner peace and happiness.

[@CarlosGarcia-gs1wd]

As a Spaniard it would be torture to eat fast food every day, here in the restaurants we have "menus of the day" at affordable prices, two traditional dishes, real bread, dessert that can be fruit, a drink, beer, wine, water or a soft drink and coffee for 12 to 15 euros, but it is very tiring to eat out every day, everyone goes home to eat when they can.

[@MeadowDay]

Eating at home is more expensive for these folks than fast food. Fresh foods and veggies are priced high. Sad.

[@CarlosGarcia-gs1wd]

​@@MeadowDayIt is very sad that in the United States, eating fresh vegetables and fruits is a luxury item. I still remember that when a friend of my son came home, he thought it was exquisite to go buy freshly baked bread every day and be able to walk there. He was an assistant English teacher and he said that the menu in Spanish public schools was a menu. gourmet, my son looked at him with a surprised face and told me, this one has never eaten at grandma's house

[@davidwantsacroissant]

@@CarlosGarcia-gs1wdvery true. You can only walk to your grocery store in major cities (at most) and everywhere else you need to ride a car even down the street. Fast food seems to be like 95% of the restaurants in my city.

[@karjo1625]

These people live on the dole or mininum wages. For 15 euros they can get 3 kebabs or other junk food take-aways. Obesity has become an illness of poor people. This place reminds me of so called American food deserts, areas with no access to fresh produce, people living in these areas has access only to fast food, like literally there are no other options.

[@frugalitystartsathome4889]

@@MeadowDayoh, I’m sorry but no way. £16 for a large fish and chips, peas and curry at my local chippy, and that serves two people. You could feed two people for an entire day for the £8 it would cost for a single takeaway meal. It’s absurd to suggest that it costs more to eat home cooked food than takeaways, not even in these economically-straitened times is that true.

[@Cardifftoyboy1]

My cousin lived there. He never worked a day. His daily routine was his trip to the video shop to hire 4 video. Next to the local shop to buy 8 mars bars and a six pack of crisps. He was found dead in his chair at 35 and it took 6 people to lift his corpse to the mortuary vehicle.

[@shabbos-goy9407]

nothung wrong wih that

[@lindacraig7486]

Truly harrowing!

[@mcengizhanozmen]

That plate full of sausages and eggs is definitely not the problem. Or the meat part of the kebab. You guys should focus on the things deep-fried in machine lubricants and also sodas filled with sugar.

[@ttam9205]

Nope. It’s all about calories out vs calories in. You can lose weight just eating McDonald’s if you are in a caloric deficits.

[@mcengizhanozmen]

Unfortunately, this is a super outdated and primitive approach to the nutrition science. Cell-level biochemistry is way more complicated than that. @@ttam9205

[@johnnyalanbailey]

@@ttam9205you’ll also lose decades of your life as you’re starving for nutrients, likely end up diabetic and have a heart attack. What causes you to eat more calories? Answer is simple if you are educated in the biochemistry, and not nutritional advice that has been failing since its inception 👍

[@Paul-dv4dr]

I was a fast food delivery driver during lockdown. Big people spend big money on big portions of pretty disgusting food (not saying I'm perfect, I have vices of my own to deal with).

[@Pilkie101]

Yeah but big people love to eat

[@sulalee7413]

That's the point, they are contributing to business, and no one turns down business. If they did, businesses would be condemned and rightly so. What we have to do is start remembering all people skinny, average or obese, should be given an environment where they can grow in knowledge and skills of how to be healthier. It's hell when you're obese as it takes so long to lose weight healthily and can make you so much more miserable when you're comfort (food) is not freely available (dieting). People should try to be kind and understanding but some of us don't have those skills, sadly.

[@user-fl3bi9su5j]

They're idiots

[@mee5780]

Thank you for the job you do. During lockdown you guys really helped some of my family members who couldn't get out to do the shopping. I was awful during lockdown (at least 4 take aways a week). It was the only thing that kept my spirits up. I've lost quite a bit of weight since then..Its crazy how many calories are in fast food and how I just got so used to it. I guess when you live somewhere with low economic activity/jobs/positivity, it's easy to rely on unhealthy habits just to keep some joy in life :(

[@DrMontague]

@@Pilkie101 the bigger they get the more they eat !

[@Irene_Hwang]

I am Indonesian, and even though we eat rice every day, which is considered a bad carbohydrate, we are rarely obese.

[@st-nw7tm]

There are things considered "bad" in the western world, but I trust the science of my culture & people that have been living that way for centuries 😊

[@mkkrupp2462]

Pakistan, India and China have higher rates of diabetes than the ‘western’ world

[@Julia-lk8jn]

I think very few Europeans and Americans get obese from rice, or potatoes. We get overweight from too much processed food, not enough fresh vegetables / fruit, often too little exercise (the car dependency in the US is definitely helping with that), too much sugar and goodness knows what sort of additives. (Again, compared to other nations, food additives in the US re pretty much the wild west.)

[@aprilkevin5835]

Hell nah we have obese everywhere

[@NurmaBP]

@@aprilkevin5835 yeah but it still rare case here in Indonesia, and sometimes I also confuse about hearing there's people allergic to peanuts and lactose intolerance, imagine couldn't eat sate ayam or sate padang because you allergic to peanuts. Do they have different kind of peanuts there?

[@toeveryseason6932]

I realize what I'm going to say is controversial and may trigger some people, but eating meat doesn't make you fat. It's all of the carbohydrates and sugar that make you fat. You can only eat so much meat and you'll reach satiety (the feeling of being full).

[@basherbasia4451]

Of course you are right....look at Keto diet...people eat a lot of fats and meat and keep loosing Weight and keep improving their health and chronic deseases

[@offwegothen]

@@basherbasia4451 Note that this is due not only to diet, but also to healthy exercise. Food also needs to be burned, not just consumed. A well-nourished body that receives adequate exercise will burn what it doesn't need.

[@cockleshellzero3893]

​@@offwegothen Technically, that actually can be due to dieting alone. That's not to say that you shouldn't exercise, of course you should, but a strict keto diet usually results in dramatic weight loss, regardless of whether or not you're able to get much exercise. This is because when your body is in ketosis, any excess fat is getting used as fuel for the body's basic functions that keep you alive. I have limited mobility, so can't exercise as much as I would like to, but even so, after six months of strict keto, combined with intermittent fasting, I lost nineteen stone. Generally speaking , weight is lost in the kitchen, not the gym. Exercise is beneficial for other reasons though, and we should all get as much exercise as we're able to, but when it comes to weight loss via keto dieting, it's not really a factor.

[@lijo4518]

It's a healthy diet plus exercise 🙏

[@dallysinghson5569]

Always the same with keto nutjobs. Obesity is all down to calories.

[@saffronsolo9668]

It is great to see Talk TV producing investigative programmes.

[@janelester6477]

They need to tackle the problem at the root cause - an entire community with no prospect of a job, heart and soul ripped out of a community. Losing weight is great for health but the weight problem is a symptom of a bigger problem. So many communities have been destroyed by the fact that proper jobs have been exported overseas and people have no prospects.

[@lizmacleod8903]

That's the bottom line, unemployment and no hope of improving their lives .

[@G4RY1159]

The biggest crime is such areas is zero investment, when generations have nothing what are they living for exactly ?

[@annastybeach9064]

That is acting like victims, the problem is lack of self control.

[@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order]

true!! But once they've lost weight they'll feel brand new and will be better able to cope with what life throws at them... its a catch 22.

[@Macky1101]

Huh? No jobs? Yet obese? I thought if you don't have a job you cannot afford to eat? How do poor people eat so well all the time? I am confused. I wish I can afford to eat kebabs 3 times a day.

[@anneavenell3691]

In 1992 I went to Florida for the first time. There was a restaurant called The Butcher’s Shop on International Drive, Orlando. They used to serve a 32oz steak and my husband watched in horror as numerous customers ordered and ate it. We used to have a piece of meat that size for our family Sunday Roast. It’s frightening to think we have that sort of thing in the UK now. That holiday was also the first time I’d seen people so overweight that they needed electric mobility scooters. We also have that here now too. Very sad to see.

[@Habu2]

More and more common......another common factor being low I.Q unfortunately.

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

Along with consuming animal products, the industrialization of food, packaged or deli-prepared, is a huge problem. People are being *actively* pushed to reject home grown garden foods and cooking "from scratch." I live in Florida, and I grow a good portion of the fresh fruit I eat. But as time goes on, I've seen more and more ads for "meal plans" trying to play on the "convrnience" aspect. The food industry is ruthless and relentless.

[@fionamcgrath8982]

Have you ever considered that the people using the mobility scooters have existed but they used to be stuck at home inside their houses and now they are able to join in activities with their loved ones? Unhealthy food is not the reason why most people are overweight.

[@Draxindustries1]

​@Habu2 Agree on the low IQ. Its a trait amongst the obese..

[@tonylelli3057]

No work, no money, no hope? Self respect,exercise, grit, determination and stop blowing the taxpayers money on takeaways. Obese people are always full of excuses, unable to take any responsibility.

[@MisterFishieandBubbles]

When he said only 1 person had beat the challenge, I just knew it would be Man Vs food 😂

[@happygoathorror]

It was Beard Meets Food 😂

[@MisterFishieandBubbles]

@@happygoathorror that's the one! Lol 😆

[@katfanker]

I love your documentaries, so well made and researched. The obesity crisis is just as prevalent here in Australia. Very sad.

[@Cherrycheekity]

You don't get fat from eating steak. You get fat from eating awful carbohydrate foods like pizza and pasta. I don't know why people still seem to follow the "low fat, high carb" nonsense.

[@futurez12]

Depends how many steaks you have and what you put on it/eat with it.

[@dannywithnuggets]

Because it's tasty and delicious lmao

[@bigjoeangel]

I do agree, but it's also the sheer amount of bad food these people eat. They've got a warped idea of portion size and lack self control. If they ate better food, they'd be more satisfied and get less cravings.

[@antonelliarico387]

Carbs are fine in moderation. I go to Italy no-one is really obese.

[@cindybraddock1222]

​@futurez12 nope. It doesn't. It's truly difficult to overeat protein like a nice fatty steak. The carnivore way of eating is helping tons of people lose weight, reverse type 2 diabetes, heal their bodies. Go ahead, no side dishes, no seed oils, try to eat 3 or 4 fatty steaks. Try Dr Ken Berry, Dr Shawn Baker, Dr Anthony Chaffee, Intentional Carnivore (he isn't obese now), CarnivorousMe, she is doing great. Steak and Butter Gal, myzerocarblife, HomesteadHow, and by the time you watch some of those you will probably find more. You speak like someone who has no clue what the Proper Human Diet is and how it is amazing for the body.

[@Bacon4Rashers]

Home cooking is the key, if people were taught more on how to cook in schools then less people would be tempted to buy take aways, at least with home cooking you know whats in your food.

[@petervinberg6823]

Lol In normal homes you learn to cook with your parents.

[@fionabunker8756]

People are very lazy

[@amirahabdi]

And it’s a lot cheaper, you can actually save from home cooking

[@wobblybobengland]

​@@amirahabdi That is why the UK gov doesn't promote it, more money to be had from higher priced ready meals and also poor health generates money through pharmaceutical sales.

[@clarencebodicker3299]

English people haven't got a clue how to home cook

[@dcg590]

NOPE. Restaurants aren’t causing anything. If you chose to eat it, it’s on you. Always trying to blame someone else is disgusting

[@lindacraig7486]

So very true

[@cruella_91]

I lived in Cwm, a few doors up from Joes. There is nothing there, no jobs, transport is dire to anywhere worth working and if you got kids and have to so the school run, theres no chance of getting a job if you dont drive. I did start a NERS programme at the gym offered by GP for a period of time because of Chronic pain I'd had since i was 17, I had no support for my pain off family, friends or healthcare so just led down for over a year until 2 lower spinal discs dried up because I could barely move, i gained a ton of weight then was told by drs i only have disc pain because I was fat - a kick in the teeth - hence getting reffered, whist at NERS instructed by the guy shown, he was so helpful - it ran out but couldn't afford it full price or had no child care to attend the one shown. So i went to pay privately but couldnt afford it, so i went to the next town over in Torfaen, but they were steep too, unless you had a respictible job, then you could get a lower price. The only thing cheap here is food. Thats why people eat too much, people here say that they are for the community but nothing great is done long term, and then kids ruin it. So people just stay in and eat. Unless you got a good start in life, even as simple as support from parents to push you to get a good job, you are left in the back seat to rot. I honestly cant wait to move away.

[@Braun30]

I remember my uncle saying about this problem in Wales. He was a mining engineer and the miners working with him had a weight problem, apparently the reason was the fact that they passed from hand labour to machinery but did not cut their food intake. He was skinny by their standards.

[@honeybunch5765]

Sadly it seems like a culture by now. I just worry about their health.

[@sutenjarl1162]

I think its just welsh people genetically are quite fat, i''ve worked their before and would consider almost all of them alot chubbier then their English brothers

[@ladyofthecreek279]

That happens to some athletes. Even though they're not nearly as physically active as they once were, they don't adjust their diets/portions.

[@reloadpsi]

​@@ladyofthecreek279Oh yeah, this hit me hard when I had a running injury a few years ago.

[@tekay44]

should change the name to Whales. lol. i know, i know, easy cheap shot.

[@sultanhaider1176]

Kebab in itself isn’t the worst thing. Lamb or chicken sheesh for example is chicken breasts or bone free lamb pieces grilled not fried served with a small pitta bread and salad. You don’t always have to have a Large lamb doner with large chips with mayonese and a can of full sugar sugar pop. It’s about moderation.

[@EuanWhitehead]

We had a kebab at work yesterday for a treat and we had no bread or chips with it and fresh salad. It still may be not a healthy option but as far as fast food goes it is.

[@Rum_an_coke]

Nah not the worst thing but the portion sizes and the fact they are caked in grease means they aren’t exactly a healthy option

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@Rum_an_cokecaked in grease? Yeah in Wales probably like every food there. Proper döner here in germany I ate daily as fitnesstrainer and dietary trainer for over a year because the meat is not that fatty and properly grilled

[@rickkarsan4491]

None european food or none indigenpus cuisine is a huge problem systematically making the indigsnpus British sick

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@rickkarsan4491 Biggest bullshit ive read so far. They are the only ones bringing healthy food to UK. Being fat on average is a UK problem. Why? Because all they eat is fatty greasy fried food, tons of meat and no vegetables and no fruits. Spiced up with mountains of „crisps“ and chocolate and other „sweets“. Eating french fries every day along with snacks, tons of sugar and the only „healthy“ food being beans and peas out of a can makes you fat

[@ashinestar]

Good Luck and Best Wishes with your struggles. ❤️

[@melissagrice]

Managing money is different from accumulating wealth, and the lack of investment education in schools may explain why people struggle to maintain their financial gains. I personally benefited from the market crisis as I embrace challenging times while others tend to avoid them. Well, at least my advisor does too, jokingly…

[@MarthaDeTa358]

I agree with you and I believe that Professionals are currently dominating the market since they have access to both the necessary strategy for making money in this industry and exclusive insider market information.

[@Florencecoxx]

I keep wondering how people earn money in financial markets, i tried trading bitcoin on my own made a huge loss and now I'm scared of investing more.

[@melissagrice]

Personally, I would always advise getting a professional help so they can steer you through the choppy market.

[@Florencecoxx]

I’m Glad i stumbled on this. Please, if its not too much of a hassle for you, can you drop the details of the expertise that assisted you and how to get in touch with him.?

[@melissagrice]

@@Florencecoxx I get guidance from *Mr Gary Mason Brooks* . Most likely, the internet should have his basic info..

[@terryo5672]

It largely is lack of self discipline. Admit there are some exceptions but nobody was fat when I was a child in the 60’s.

[@morourke2561]

It's wholly not largely, that's not PC but let's be honest, it's the best medicine to be fair.

[@CKOfreedom]

@@morourke2561 Actually it's not about discipline, once people have been overweight for so long their body pumps out hormones that drives them to feel desperate to eat and others that create cravings for certain types of food. The hormone that tells them to feel full becomes dysfunctional. "Why We Eat Too Much" by Dr Andrew Jenkinson breaks this process down excellently.

[@leonpaul9443]

Never mind the 60s it was the same when I was at school in the 90s and the very few that were fat got absolute dogs abuse. Nowadays it's normalised and the amount of takeaways peddling this garbage is absolutely off the scale.

[@morourke2561]

@@CKOfreedom You're both wrong, I've been there and all you're doing is giving people an excuse to not succeed. I would rather inspire someone to have the ability to achieve their goals. It's about the food you eat, which will almost instantly change the hormonal effects you're speaking on, high protein for example will create satiated every time.

[@CKOfreedom]

@@morourke2561 Actually I'm not, nothing I've said is justifying obesity or discouraging others from improving themselves. My response was directed at comments about "they just need to eat less" and the calorie in/out falsehood & the other judgemental and in some cases rude remarks. Many proper have "been there", however your anecdotal experience isn't equivalent to the that of everyone, even less is it or a world/ nationwidewide solution. Once a person has been severely obese or overweight for a certain amount of time it's actually a very slow & difficult process to reverse the hormonal dysfunction, and just as most of the people commenting on this post are utterly clueless about how that works, so are those who are actually struggling with weight. Giving the public the information they need is not happening for multiple reasons, I'll name 3: firstly because GPs haven't got a clue about nutrition, 2ndly for years the scumbag politicians writing health/ dietary guides were also shareholders in fast food companies and used feedback from those same companies to create recommended eating plans and official government guidelines, 3rd people being fat and sick worldwide is hugely profitable, even in this show they're discussing big pharma solutions. Protein alone is not an answer, and a lot of people can't even afford to buy high quality clean meat, so they end up buying frozen processed meat, disgusting cheap chicken and still eating cheap carbohydrates with it, then winner why it's not working, they gain more weight and are going around in circles. The balance of protein fat and carb need to be understood in relation to an individual's insulin resistance, carb tolerance limits and hormonal function but how many of these obese people in this video have a clue about that? I've seen just one other person in this pool of commenters here who is clued up about it. And gutter many if these outrigger have been to their GP and had blood work out hormonal tests for the actual hormones that matter? Probably zero given most GPs simply don't know themselves. This is why I've posted the name of a book (Why We Eat Too Much by Dr Andrew Jenkinson) in multiple responses on this page, because he explains this in great detail covering genetic, hormonal, environmental and lifestyle factors whilst remaining jargon free. He's a tho to variation surgeon who raised almost all his patients were telling him the exact same experiences and it didn't remotely sign with what's being taught to medics. He also picks apart previous studies that had to misunderstanding and misinformation about eight gain/ loss. I've given this info multiple times because I want people to be able to help themselves, and for anyone interested in nutrition, plus the public at large, to be informed and empowered, so again, your assertion that I'm giving people an excuse to not succeed is wholly unfounded, whilst you claim to prefer to inspire others to fulfill their goals, I must have missed that part of your contribution in your response to my comment, your are you achieving that?

[@davidanderson7138]

Nobody forces them to eat, and there are plenty of fruit and veg to buy, it’s attitude not restaurants to blame

[@cindybraddock1222]

So give them food that metabolizes as sugar? 🤦‍♀️ you have to be kidding. Check out how the carnivore way of eating even reverses type 2 diabetes.

[@markstarmer3677]

How dare you speak common sense sir.

[@kev_naughty]

Foods with high fat, sugar or salt are very addictive. Here in my place, we just started the fast food culture. The cholesterol epidemic is right around the corner 😢

[@os1333]

How many chicken shops do you see and how many healthy shops do you see in the uk. Is it really there fault when there is so much temptation around.

[@Jim804]

@@os1333Yes it is their fault. Refrain yourselves & focus on what you need, not what you desire.

[@mochimochi82]

This makes me so incredibly sad. I lived in England in the early 80s and I rarely saw an overweight person. I’m not sure I ever saw an obese one.

[@Freiya2011]

I lived in Pontypridd in the late 1980s for one year. There WERE obese people, even then, during the miners' strike, when people really had to live of pennies. Carbohydrates, saturated fats, sitting in front of the telly, drinking sugary drinks is not the healthiest style of living...

[@mochimochi82]

@@Freiya2011 I lived in London, that may be where the difference lies.

[@eljay5009]

Yep - when I was at school in the 1980s and early 1990s - I probably knew 2 or 3 kids in my entire year who were fat. We all walked to school, played out at night in the park, went out on our bikes and ate homes cooked meals.

[@shakthidhasan4544]

Stunning scenery❤

[@davidkennedy8929]

People always find a way of blaming something or someone else for their own problems, STOP EATING.

[@user-tc1fq6mb1e]

Spot On

[@elsestelema6273]

Amazing they are out of work how can they afford to eat so many take always??

[@elsestelema6273]

And drink pints of beer!

[@CKOfreedom]

Nowhere near that simple, not remotely. There's so much more to it than that. Read "Why We Eat Too Much" by Dr Andrew Jenkinson if you want to educate yourself, top UK bariatric surgeon, long history of dealing with obesity and seeing patients who all were having the same issues that didn't match the info given in medical training or government guidelines, he explains why this assumption is false in really jargon free terminology.

[@kippykippyphoebe9203]

No. You are wrong. Keep eating but not fried food. Eat the same in weight healthy tasty salads, fish and soups fruits and veg and watch it fall off. Or follow Keto. I lost 7 stone!

[@pureevilhotsauce6490]

"When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure." Viktor E. Frankl

[@c.harris9989]

Copied this.

[@tillygirl7450]

As an American who lived in England the year 2000 to 2002, I was AMAZED how slim everyone was and their babies were plump (because of breast milk). I think England was INVADED by American soda companies. Yes, you had your Ribena, etc. BUT you didn’t have the MASS marketing capability of the American companies pushing/putting their products into your culture UNTIL this past decade or more. One of the BIGGEST ways to lose the weight and begin your weight loss journey is to STOP drinking ANY sodas/drinks other than water- not even fruit juices. You will see a LOT of weight loss with just this move. I REALLY know it will be very hard/difficult but it must be done. Just REMEMBER we Americans just like you British people did not have soda EVERY day or even every week/month until the big soda companies changed their marketing strategies.

[@tillygirl7450]

ALSO sodas have a composition of stuff in them that FEED your sugar and salt CRAVINGS. Therefore making it really, really hard to lose any weight. I know first hand how difficult it is to lose weight but I did lose 25 pounds just by cutting out my consumption of sodas and fruit juices. I still have about 30 pounds to lose and that’s because of sugars still call to me in chocolate/candy. It would not be so hard to remove from my diet BUT my husband craves it EVERY DAY and so I am around and see/smell it every day. It’s hard when a partner has extreme food choices but it can be done to overcome the urge for sugar. I just need a good plan to drastically reduce my sugar consumption. Good luck to everyone in making better choices for weight loss- it’s hard and takes patience and persistence but you’ll lose the weight. ❤

[@Anditspee]

Read the title but it missed the last word off - so I was thinking “yeah three kebabs a week is pretty intense” Three times PER DAY 🤣🤣🤣

[@Steven-fe5bs]

Most people only get fat by stuffing their faces and drinking to much and being lazy 😴

[@jilllawton8556]

See the pub was filled with mostly men. Then there is no money. We are lucky we eat well, can pay the bills have no mortgage. But couldn’t afford to drink and smoke like some of these

[@morourke2561]

That's how everyone gets fat, I love the obvious being stated, gives me a giggle 🤭 thanks 👍

[@G4RY1159]

They think they cancel out all that food by drinking a diet cake at the end

[@Ayat78]

@@morourke2561unless you have thyroid disease or Cushing syndrome …

[@Ayat78]

@@G4RY1159diet cake hahahahah

[@garywayell7211]

A box of rolled oat porridge cost £2 a box serves 25 servings and you can use water if needed,and will stop you from going hungry for 8 hrs,and provide more fibre and goodness than five diffrent fruits. All in a bowl cooked for 2 mins in a microwave. Simple

[@beachcomber1able]

Very true, gar, but adding fruit makes it even more nutritious. Fruit is a heck of a lot cheaper than getting junk food delivered to your gaff three times daily. 😄

[@mrsthatcher9815]

fruit is glyphosate trash@@beachcomber1able

[@4june9140]

I've been picking brambles to put in mine, with a spoonful of smooth peanut butter too its a great breakfast.

[@My-22-Cents]

My father in law is 82. Still runs a small farm with 30 odd cattle. Still uses a chainsaw and gets his own firewood with us. He’s as active as anything. Thats what he has for breakfast every day. Oats with either a spoon of honey or brown sugar. Active everyday and not an ounce of fat on him.

[@mrmartin2079]

I started my first ever diet this year and started eating porridge again for breakfast - it’s so cheap compared to a fry up ( and is so much better for you ) and it tastes way better from when I was a child

[@Michael-os1zd]

The UK needs to have national fitness month. Pay people to spend a month exercising - they will save a mountain of money in NHS costs.

[@HumansAreShitFactories]

How would that work exactly? Please elaborate and be specific.

[@johnnyalanbailey]

Exercise won’t make a dent if people continue to eat rubbish. I ran a mile in 7 minutes and only burnt off 53 calories, would have to run 10 miles a day to just be at maintenance calories if I was obese! However, dropping addictive sugar and carbs, you’ll not need to exercise to lose the weight. That said, exercise has its place, it’s just not a viable option for most of the obese population currently, diet certainly is though.

[@andrewmoggridge9902]

Nice starter at 7.45 ! What did you have for the main and pudding what a light weight!! Lovely looking 👍 food though I hope it wasn't wasted

[@johnross2924]

If people are struggling with the cost of living how can they afford so much food that they become obese 🤷

[@ZFern9390]

Right??!! Its a mystery to me.

[@samanthahardy9903]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@bobbypukes605]

Benefits

[@constancegoodwill2416]

Have you noticed that its cheaper to buy a kilo of chips than 6 baking potatoes? And its cheaper to cook the chips than a baking potato. It's things like that that contribute to people being overweight. Also for many working people, their hours are getting longer and longer and this contributes towards people being obese. I know myself that I put on a stone last year because I was forced to work upwards of 60 hours a week. I never got paid for the additional hours and my body ached from having to sit that long at a computer typing reports all day. I've left that job now and lost most of that extra weight. Obesity is a complex issue.

[@johnross2924]

@@constancegoodwill2416 these people are getting expensive takeaways all the time, it's cheaper to cook healthy meat and two veg. You can cook a jacket spud in a microwave in about ten minutes. Fresh veg is not that expensive. People that sit in a office all day could try cycling to work! I cycle 7 Mile's each way and I'm 57 this year.

[@derp195]

I grew up in an area like this. I've always been slim and athletic, and the amount of body shaming and actual concern for my health was insane. People acted like I was some freak of nature because I wasn't carrying around an extra 50lbs of fat.

[@andrejg3086]

That's funny😂

[@pingu3984]

​@andrejg3086 it's less funny when you live it everyday. I'm sure it does seem quite comical from the outside. Having lived it too.... there's almost no words for how disillusioned some people are. Its like they genuinely belive you're at risk of starving if you're not shovelling fast good into your mouth every 10 minutes. The same people who can't make the connection between this and their multiple health issues caused by inflammation and gut issues. It is quite extraordinary.

[@derp195]

@@pingu3984 I have no doubt that their beliefs are genuine. People who loved me thought I was anorexic and were concerned for me. I had a swimmer's build. I had abs. I exercised frequently. I was full of energy, and ate frequently, and they thought I must be sick 🙄 It never affected my confidence, but it was annoying. It was like a blackout drunk worrying that if you don't start drinking more often, you're going to get sick and die. Too stupid to really get to me, but the jokes about being lost if I slip through a crack on the sidewalk got tiring.

[@kategwynne4658]

I have experienced this in work environments where most people are fat. I eat a Mars bar and someone asks me how I stay slim. I reply it's because I don't eat ten of them every single day! People are weird. It IS now strange if you aren't overweight to many people.

[@sheilaboston7051]

@@kategwynne4658 As a kid of the '50's, mum would buy the occasional Mars Bar - she'd cut it in half, and then cut one of those halves in half again. That was a treat for her, me and my brother. Honestly, I couldn't even eat a whole one, even today - it would make me feel sick!

[@TimOnPhone]

Nice channel mate, just found it.

[@bekihodgson4]

Looking at all those lovely fields in the distance, a good ling walk would burn off some of the calories. Are there any fruit and veg shops there?

[@adrianred236]

What I can't get my head around is how anyone who isn't working can afford to live off takeaways.

[@notsureiL]

Benefits

[@adrianred236]

@@notsureiL My understansing is that dole in Britain is only like 60 quid a week or something like that.

[@BrandonJones-nk7xu]

@@adrianred236 A lot of them probably claim sickness benefits related to their obesity which is disgraceful.

[@davidmoore4615]

Because it costs a tenner to have the oven and hobs on and plenty more to get store cupboard essentials in bulk upfront. Cooking from scratch is only a fractional cost of takeaways in the longer term not immediately. Plus for some a visit to the takeaway is an outing. Which is sad of course, in both senses of the word.

[@juliefaulkner5497]

@@adrianred236 I have been on jobseekers 5 months have not had one takeawy and use food bank, cannot afford a bag of friggin chips.

[@futurez12]

The trouble is that these morbidly obese people go to these incredibly low intensity 'step classes' and then go straight home and consume 10x more calories than what they just lost. In their minds, it almost gives them the excuse to go and do so, like they've done the "work" so they should get the reward. People don't understand that weight control is won/lost in the kitchen. This kind of exercise won't balance out eating 3k+ calories/day, even high intensity exercise, for like 2 hours+/day would struggle to control the weight of some of these people given the diet they have.

[@BigTeamWesley]

Nailed it. You can’t out-train a bad diet 👍

[@Victoria-wz9ub]

I have never bought into the exercise and diet mantra. Unless you are young and already fit and slim no amount of exercise will produce weight loss but it might keep you in shape. This is 99% down to food consumption. It's one of the biggest lies out there. Still, l suppose it keeps the gyms in business.

[@DrMontague]

Exercises doesn't burn many calories, watching what you eat is more important

[@staninjapan07]

Many years ago, in my late teens and early twenties, I became 'addicted to exercise' as a friend said to me. I did what you mentioned... 2 to 3 hours daily in the gym on weights and exercise machines, 5 to 7 days a week. Too much you may fairly argue, but I was in exceptionally good shape. Muscular and lean. (Not now, though). I used to eat about 3,000 calories/day, and that left enough calories for my body's usual functions. I think we have a skewed appreciation how calories vs burning them, as you say. An adult needs about 1200/day, I think. EDIT. My calories were almost all healthy, unprocessed foods. Lean meant. Salad, lots of potatoes and past and-the-like.

[@luciclark3188]

The trainer man literally said that some of the people in the exercise class go to the cafe afterwards… burn 150 calories, eat a 300 calorie muffin afterwards 🙄

[@autumnsmart664]

1 million people in the UK have no means of cooking food other than a microwave. It's not just buying healthy food, it's cutting, cooking, cutlery. Pans to cook in etc😊

[@JustMe-gs9xi]

??? Just get a hotplate for pans, and a toaster oven, you can cook Anything. // Even a electric Tea Kettle will cook veggies soups, rice... get a rice cooker,,, I don't buy excuses You can live with One or Two Pans and eat Healthy Fresh Food,,, How LAZY can people BE?

[@user-lf3ol1lw7x]

You can buy a can of kidney beans and ready cooked rice drizzle low fat dressing and wala you have a meal 😃

[@MsSilverTulip]

​@user-lf3ol1lw7x what the hell is Wala ? I think you mean Voila.

[@lindacraig7486]

You've heard of salad?

[@autumnsmart664]

@@lindacraig7486 to make salad even remotely filling or contain a decent amount protein is very expensive

[@bathy85]

16:41 says it in 5 secs, my guy great doc, subcribed :)

[@duncansmith7562]

the steel works closed down, so we, quite logically, decided to eat ourselves to death.

[@pallando100]

The steel works were the heart of the community with that gone the community died and the workers had no jobs or future. Older workers couldn't retrain to earn the same amount and young people had to move away to find work, those left had no future the obesity is a sign of mass depression and can only be solved when the community feels it has a purpose and future

[@duncansmith7562]

@@pallando100 bull**it. obesity is a sign of shoving too many kebabs in your fat gob every day. if the community gets you down, move to one that inspires you. this is pathetic whining "woe is me". pathetic victimhood. people who live in real poverty in places like India and Ethiopia don't look like this and don't blame such and such an industry that closed down decades ago.

[@kev_naughty]

That happens with depression you know. This is a town with depression issues I feel.

[@pallando100]

@@kev_naughty I wouldn't at all surprise me if anti depressants are in high use there

[@duncansmith7562]

@@kev_naughty oh yeah, Depression, the go to guy whenever you feel the need to excuse laziness, ineptitude and nonchalance.

[@stanleybuchan4610]

The fittest that Britain has ever been, across the board, was during WW2 when there was rationing. You couldn't overeat because there was nothing extra to eat.

[@johnburrows3385]

Maybe that's this governments plan !

[@Catmom-gl5nt]

They weren’t fit, they were clinically starving from lack of key nutrients. Vitamin deficiency was endemic, as was prevalence of osteoporosis. My great grandmother was fit because she was lucky enough to come to America as an infant, she always had food, even during the depression and was physically active until she died. She also had cream in her coffee every morning and dessert when she felt like it. She lived independently until 98, and was still scrubbing the floors on her knees until the end.

[@oldbatwit5102]

@@Catmom-gl5nt That's just not true. People did eat healthier food in WW2. Supplements like cod liver oil and rose hip syrup also became available and were widely promoted for children. Flour was fortified. These alone cured huge numbers of children of rickets and lung problems. My parents were born in the twenties and grew up in the depression then the war. They would tell me of of a massive, general improvement in peoples' health during WW2. People ate a lot better. The facts about Britain's nutrition and health are really easy to find on the net, from official and non-official sources.

[@catherinebirch2399]

From what I've read of wartime rationing, what was available was so unnapitising that nobody wanted to overeat.

[@oldbatwit5102]

@@catherinebirch2399 That's just nonsense. Why don't you do a little googling and read actual accounts of real peoples' lives during WW2? Even better... read a book about it. There are loads out there and I have read quite a few of them..

[@LuigiL75]

To be fair...did you see how STACKED those to go boxes are at that Kebab shop??? That being said, Wales has always been on my bucket list and I would totally visit this town!

[@kuldilakh7106]

I had kebab every other day. Never really increased a great deal of weight in the 25 years. Best thing is to prevent excess sugar and calm it if you find your clothes getting abit tight around the waist, which has been a great monitor even though some tend to shrink. An indoor bike has been helpful too, which I did once or twice a week having time.

[@LeiaLouxx]

I feel the urge to go and do 500 push-ups after watching this just to get the thought of that battered sausage out of my head 😂

[@welshie1979]

Good man

[@teresayeates3437]

Something I wanted to add, listening to the last woman talk, my heart goes out to her, and all of those struggling. You cannot just quit an habit, you have to replace it with something else. So for instance if one eats because one is depressed and lonely and food makes them feel good, having someone to call at those times to come round and have a laugh and a cup of tea. Go for a walk, do something with to distract and uplift you, will make a big difference. Supermarkets often have cooking classes, you could look into taking ones that might make healthy meals with proper portion sizes. Maybe go online and start a group for those interested in starting an after dinner walking group, all ages. No fitness required. Positivity pref. Look at ways to help others, it boosts self esteem. Remember you are valuable.

[@MMartin-pt9yv]

I'm sure that comment was well meant. HOWEVER, please realise that people who tend to put on weight have not been established as the group in the population who are unable to think that doing something different is a good idea.

[@popularopinion2181]

You absolutely CAN just quit a habit without replacing it with something else. It's all a mind game, and frankly, some people are just weak and lack self-discipline. You can say excuses for binging and overeating all day long, but at the end of the day no one is forcing them to eat so much food. For me, it was very hard to quit smoking. I tried replacing it with vaping, chewing gum, snacking, you name it. Nothing worked, except for me not putting a cigarette in my mouth. It's fucking hard, but it is doable.

[@teresayeates3437]

@@popularopinion2181 Troll

[@popularopinion2181]

@@teresayeates3437 People can have different views from yours, chill

[@CordeliaWagner]

Do you follow your own advice???

[@iandouglas451]

haven't been there but stopped in nearby Abergavenny and was rather taken aback at what a bleak town it was, tried to stike up a bit of a conversation with a couple of bods (we motorcyclists travel for hours on our own) but they didn't want to know.

[@chris101gray3]

You don't lose weight by exercising. That exercise class cracked me up. Like, you can't just cut the soda and take a walk?

[@LarisaC.]

Clearly the class is a better option for most. It makes them feel appreciated, connected and safe, and most in this video report a very positive result.

[@phillipward2741]

Drakeford has done absolutely nothing to help the people of wales. But he wont admit it.. neither will the rest of his gang of bent MP'S

[@MrPatchp83]

Feel for Rachel and her Dad. Not only has she got the personal battle, but being there for a loved one is so hard. We can all look in the mirror, its the external people see. Talking about how they feel and someone listening for advice and guidance goes a long way. Some of those people interviewed sounded like they hadn't had much conversation. Why and where has the care gone, so sad.

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

DEEP FRIED FOOD =causes cardiovascular disease. But so bloody tasty!

[@Demetri450]

Society equates care to socialism; weaknesses; handouts. When people really want is supportive information, direction, and someone to talk to. They have very little control over what food is available or the resources and support to provide themselves.

[@judithrichards6085]

Our town in the East Midlands has empty enormous Mills that used to belong to the English Sewing Cotton. Empty factories, which were formerly Hosiery factories....Our main shopping street is always empty by 5 o'clock. It's become a ghost town. Only cafés, charity shops, hairdressers.... how do they keep going? 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@susanfarley1332]

When i worked as a laborer/carpenters helper i couldnt keep weight on me. I ate more food at each meal than i have ever eaten my whole life and i kept losing weight. I got small enough to buy clothes in the children's department. Size 12 (US sizes) And i couldnt believe how strong i was getting! I could climb up the side of an unfinished building just using my hands. It was great exercise, interesting work . Pounding nails and carrying a lot of lumber to where it was needed. And when you work with good people it makes the job better.

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

Very few labourers on a building site over 50.

[@susanfarley1332]

@@williampatrickfagan7590 interesting. When did I mention anything about age? Very curious.

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

@@susanfarley1332 You did not mention age But labourers doing heavy manual work on building sites and other harsh places such as coal mines and steelworks do not usually last beyond 45 at that kind of work. They also die you younger due to the harsh working conditions

[@susanfarley1332]

@@williampatrickfagan7590 Oh, I see. Funny thing is , I didn't get hurt much until I got a job as a cashier in a gas station. That job damaged my back and I have never been able to get that better. Now I can do some stuff that I need to do until my back starts screaming at me to stop. Nothing strenuous. Walk, ride my bike for 45 minutes, sit in the wrong chair, or just stand , and my back inflicts tortures on me. Running a cash register...I never thought that would ruin me.

[@paulwilliams5013]

What a great watch! Very good interviewees, nicely shot and presented, proper TV journalism, sympathetically done. Much appreciated, more please!!

[@HaramXL]

sympathetically done? That's going a bit far there buddy

[@Nataleena]

I can't agree more.

[@FPL_Bantam]

The guy is trying his best to demonise meat isn't he? Its the sugar, it's always been the sugar.

[@morourke2561]

He certainly is, but like most people, it's his lack of education or as the case may be and often is,overeducation with incorrect information. It's also seed oils and there combo with the sugar, ie processed crap!!!

[@dotmac6480]

Processed food and surgery drinks sweets and cakes all bad for you.

[@katharina...]

They've been doing it for decades - demonizing the good, nutritious foods and promoting rubbish. Meat is the new(ish) scapegoat, and sadly the uneducated masses will run with it. It's desperately sad to watch people avoid fats and unprocessed meats, and replace these with starches, sugars and sweeteners. When people see how much fat I eat, they are completely baffled how I could possibly be as slim as I am. They have no idea they are being lied to 😔

[@andyharpist2938]

He already set out to show what the folks in managment told him to focus on.... kebabs. They are an easy target and hes an idiot making "entertainment" shows.

[@youngbess1]

I am really enjoying your videos. Thank you for sharing them.😊🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@mpersad]

Very impressive video, informative and balanced.

[@Mo34565]

I'm jobless since 2019... it's totally fathomable that they do binge eating due to their anxiety about Jobs... this is not over eating, it's stress eating 😢

[@wafercrackerjack880]

Stress eating is over eating.

[@johnsonspark171]

being obese should be a crime and punishable by imprisonment

[@joseluisruiz6183]

I was a mental eater too for two years since I was unemployed. Trust me, you will find your way to heal and a job

[@arghyaprotimhalder5592]

​@@joseluisruiz6183i was also a stress eater, but i really want to live long , switch to vegetarian. Live long, i am pro bon veg fan but limit

[@pdruiz2005]

I was unemployed for a year. Exercise, exercise, exercise! You have all the time in the world to exercise. It really does get rid of the stress. Once your stress is under control then you won't overeat. Remember that your health and a good body are the most important things you have, not a job. In fact, they help you to find and keep a job. So destroying the most valuable assets you have because you yearn for a job is pretty self-defeating.

[@coot1925]

I don't understand how people who are out of work seem to have the money for excessive food consumption and going to the pub. I got laid off when COVID hit and had to go on universal credit. I spent most of the month starving and often going 3 days without eating. Even when I was working and I put on 2.5 stone. I felt bloody awful and my knees were screaming for mercy. I decided to cut down on the amount of food and the wrong food. I lost the weight. Theres no excuse for being a lardarse.

[@NunnTheWiser.]

There are a lot of people in the UK who have enough money not to work. You'd be surprised

[@coot1925]

@@NunnTheWiser. please tell me where they get their money from because I couldn't get enough for even the basics and at the age of 61 and having worked since I was 16 it has affected my health.

[@NunnTheWiser.]

@coot1925 family wealth mate.

[@richardgregory3684]

One word. Benefits.

[@carolegreen9938]

You are so right

[@SteveH..]

Rachael hope you are doing ok, the people who mocked you about your weight have the problem not YOU, take care X

[@franknightingale6116]

I don't understand how people having to live on benefits can afford to pay for TAKEAWAYS

[@eljay5009]

I know - I could cook a meal of fresh chicken, baked potato and mixed veg for a family of 4/6 - and it would cost less than one regular big mac meal.

[@livwake]

If you’re buying literally nothing else beyond rent and bills it’s doable

[@alexquinn9213]

being morbidly obese is disgusting. We should not normalise it! I have been very obese and it was my own fault! To blame any government or poverty is laughable and this is a perfect example of people not wanting to take responsibility

[@jacquelinehillson9589]

What are you thinking , emotional intelligence required, way to simplistic.

[@MrDwightKSchrute]

Lizo has entered the chat

[@pookypoops373]

Who is "normalising" it? I think you will find that it is the money-makers who are "helping" this along. There is no point in trying to help people unless there is a call for it& profits in eateries show that there is a lack of care for health when money can be made! "Fat people" are blamed for their weight but the places that make money are doing just fine....so people get fatter... So what? .......

[@jibjub2121]

world must seem very simple to a simpleton like you

[@jibjub2121]

@@pookypoops373 exactly, junk food companies are like tobacco companies.

[@paulc180]

Our son moved to live and work in the USA, within 5 years he had put on 4 stone in weight until he then needed to take blood pressure tablets which was his rude awakening so he lost 5 stone and is now relatively slim, he has kept it off for 2 years now and monitors his weight three times a week. Its the easy availably of junk food across the world.

[@myoldvhstapes]

Yes. The US allows many toxic food chemicals which are banned elsewhere. In 2006, I lost 26 pounds by eating organic. I ate whatever I wanted- Green & Black's almond chocolate bars were a daily staple!! Yet still the fat fell off me. As a tremendous bonus, it cured my years of hellish insomnia. I'd been 'tweaking' on food chemicals and never knew it.

[@andyharpist2938]

USA is a dangerous place to work on purely food grounds alone.

[@johnnybravo9096]

Or your sons inability to read labels and understand about his diet. It took a health scare for him to wake up and not ignore all the warning signs, I.e obvious weight gain.

[@FrostyInfern0]

Junk food could be healthy if they still cooked in tallow and lard, and kept out the hidden sugars.

[@Bruno-tm3xo]

Allows the pharmacy industry to make billions

[@oscarlambert830]

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[@paulrencher8274]

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[@Florencecoxx]

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[@oscarlambert830]

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[@Florencecoxx]

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[@sheilajensen]

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[@darrenawood5001]

I have been all over the UK with work - and I can say without any doubt that the Fattest and most out of shape people I have ever come across was in Sunderland, even the small children have guts on them, I would say 8 in 10 people or families I saw was overweight, TRULY SHOCKING.

[@PapagenoMF]

deep fried heaven 🥰

[@AA-hg5fk]

Yeah, so exactly the same as in this documentary...

[@mingzhaoxu5690]

So it's like a typical Walmart in the US.

[@pholdway5801]

DIABETES is killing the NHS and food supply is killing the citizens who complain that there isn't enough NHS funding

[@shirleyswaine4701]

So, watching this my thoughts were 1. If they are unemployed, how can they afford takeaways, which are expensive 2. If they are at home all day, they have the time to cook nutritious meals and save money 3. How many have looked for jobs in other parts of the country or even abroad?

[@welshie1979]

A lot of people in Wales haven't had a job since pits close. Sad

[@ChrisMaunder-jk4oy]

The thing is it's cheaper to have takeaways as an easy dopamine fix as it's too expensive now to go out so it sounds expensive but if that's all you spen your money on it's not that dear and now it's same price to have takeaway as cook really so people don't care now with the cost of living crisis it will get worse

[@shirleyswaine4701]

@@ChrisMaunder-jk4oy What utter drivel! You obviously don't cook! FGS, it's pretty damn simple, with a takeaway you are not only paying for the ingredients, but the staff to cook the food, the utilities, business rates, insurance and containers. I can afford takeaways, but I rarely have them as they are so expensive. As for going out - not a necessity or at least not a necessity to go out to somewhere that costs much, or any money. When I started work - so, I was earning - I lived in a bedsit with only a 2 bar electric heater so inefficient that in winter, after I'd eaten, I'd get into bed to keep warm and read or listen to the radio. Why didn't I watch tv - because I couldn't even afford to rent one - yes, back then people rented their tv's (b&w, not colour). These people are just lazy.

[@pennyfarthing1372]

The trouble is that people who have been on the dole for sometime don’t have the funds to move elsewhere even if they managed to secure a job. Plus if you don’t have a profession and you haven’t worked in some time who will give you a job?

[@shirleyswaine4701]

@@pennyfarthing1372 Well, when I worked in a Jobcentre, a long time ago, people got assistance not just to help move if they found a job, but assistance to travel to an interview and I doubt that has changed. You are correct in that if someone hasn't worked for a long time, employers will be reluctant to employ them, but if someone can show they have been meaningfully engaged in some way e.g. voluntary work, their chances of an employer taking them on greatly increase. It really is a case, pretty much 99% of the time, of 'where there's a will, there's a way' but the reality is, as long as the state keeps them, many are happy to sit on their backsides and whinge about their being no jobs.

[@moonshiner3223]

Just came back from cardiff. They have a whole street committed to selling fish and chips. "Chippy lane," they called it! I was blown away😂

[@abcdef-uc1rj]

It's a bit harsh laying the blame on the pub. The extreme challenges are a marketing exercise to raise their profile. Without it, they would be a struggling rural pub headed for closure. Ironically, the people who attempt these challenges are very seldom overweight.

[@eljay5009]

Yep - just look at Beard meats food. He's like a rake - but regularly takes on these challenges. It's not large food portions that are the problem - it's the fact that people don't moderate in between eating meals with these large portions.

[@sabinekoch3448]

Sugar and carbs are the problem- and to some extent, portion size.

[@nicolemarie1360]

You have it backwards. Sugar and carbs are fine, portions are the biggest culprit. There are only three macro nutrients, and cutting out one of them its wholly unnecessary. Just eat less of all of them and you'll be fine. Sugar is naturally occurring, the brain loves it. Loves it so much it turns carbs to sugar, because that's all the brain eats. The other nutrients are for maintaining the rest of the body. People eat portions bigger than their heads and it's not necessary.

[@yvonnehayton6753]

That woman has lost thirteen stone? Bloody hell!

[@adoremus4014]

13 stone and still going strong! I really do wish her well and that she reaches her weight goal. She deserves a medal!

[@davidboskett5581]

They are happy but they are still grossly overweight.

[@yvonnehayton6753]

Indeed she does.

[@garymoore2535]

I once lost 10 stone of useless fat.........don't know where she is now though 😂😂😂

[@joanmackie1735]

Yesterday I watched a documentary about impoverished families in the UK. The children of three families from different parts of Scotland and England spoke about their situation: being brought up by a single mother or father who could not find work, and relied on benefits. The children spoke openly and calmly about not having enough to eat, especially during school holidays, and about being cold and frequently unwell in damp, mould-ridden properties. Most of these children and their parents were underweight, and apart from their health problems, were bullied and mocked at school because their parent could not afford the regulation school uniform or a regular haircut.That video and this one about Ebbw Vale show different forms of distress, in a relatively wealthy country. I imagine there are people working hard at all levels of government to improve the situation, but clearly with limited success. I find this heartbreaking, and the only thing I can do is to donate to charities working to help, and be thankful every day that I have not suffered as these families do.

[@swatisharma9006]

Agree on the last comment - every factor causing people to go for junk food needs to be tackled; including requiring market clean up and giving guidelines to restaurants on what is allowed to be served taking care of both right nutrition and right portion.

[@ronaldwhite5275]

The undertaker must be busy making reinforced coffins

[@morourke2561]

Solid business model that