Why are British girls so fat?

Definitely. British food sucks. It famously sucks. We haven't got a good reputation in other countries whatsoever.

This thread is obviously not full of people who are experts at educating people and delivering health related interventions and know nothing about dieting and exercise. Just full of (mostly) men having a moan about fat women. It reminds me of the disgustingly sexist phenomenon that is 'slut shaming', but it's probably just because of the name.

The most important thing about weight loss (in my experience) is that the person has got to WANT to do it and has got to be involved in physical activity that they ENJOY. Shaming, bullying and making fun of people doesn't work. That will most likely cause that person to resort to what brings them comfort. Binge eating is a cycle, like depression. Breaking the cycle has to be through something positive. Of course it's a fight, but 'shaming' is not the right route to go. This problem is linked to poverty, education, class, etc, etc.

It's amazing how much of a difference education and introducing young people to new foods can make. Sometimes the difference can even start from showing people how to make a healthier alternative to a pizza. You don't just throw people in the deep end. You take small steps.

We work longer hours than most of the Europeans and are encouraged to have short lunch breaks and eat on the go which encourages the market for ready meals, where as many other on the continent get two hour lunch breaks and don't really work past 6pm. I think it's a shame it's acceptable to be fat because it's not attractive nor healthy.

Its cus we fookin love masterchef


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And suddenly because society is starting to promote this whole "big is beautiful" image, slimmer girls with an average BMI like myself are being slammed and degraded for our weight. For example phrases like "only a dog wants a bone" and "go eat some pies" are circulating the internet more and more these days. I have a very healthy body yet suddenly it's not desirable; many overweight girls seem to be jumping on the big ass/huge curves = "real woman" bandwagon and it's really damaging to think that way. Because a lot of the time it's NOT curves, but unhealthy excess fat that women are so proudly embracing. It's quite sad really.

I agree. Big is disgusting, and slim girls are far more attractive.

I think gym's too expensive so not many people go.
Also its difficult for a lot of people to suddenly stop eating so much crap. They lack motivation and they probs don't really know enough about how to be healthy

This is a really good point as well, working people get very little time to cook, and those who finish at six are encouraged to go for a few pints after work so still end up with little time to prepare anything. In Italy theylle pretty much eat one huge meal in the afternoon and something small for dinner, not gulp down something bready (bread in this country is awful, so much sugar) at lunch time.

What also doesn't help is that PE in this country sucks. Back in my day in school around 1999-2004 PE only engaged a few people. It was just football, football and more football. A bit of swimming and rugby was involved, but that's it. PE was also bullying central and that alone put kids who weren't exactly the best in the class off sports for a long time.