UK women "fattest in Europe"

[Driller]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15901351

So my eyes were not deceiving me then

[anonymous-user]

Shameful.

[DBSV8]

in Russia the average dress size for a girl in her 20s is size 8

you never see fat munters like you do in the UK

[BrassMan]

I blame "urban" music.

[bob1179]

DBSV8 said:

in Russia the average dress size for a girl in her 20s is size 8

you never see fat munters like you do in the UK

I'm leaving Russia on Friday after two and half years of being here, plus another two years before that in Kazakhstan.

I already don't want to go...

[Bing o]

Normal woman - enjoys femininity, looking nice, eating healthily. Wears D&G.

British woman - lives in Greggs and Wetherspoons. Wears Primark.

[slipstream 1985]

average to woman does not mean average to men.

[wl606]

And our men are the second fattest.

[carmonk]

And there's a growing trend to describe these hogs as 'having a healthy weight', or 'normal'. Normal if you're a feeder, repulsive otherwise. There was some craptacular on the BBC recently where a so-called doctor waffled about the shape and size of the average person. The upshot was that being 20% overweight is something to be aspired to in a female. Changing lectures at the local uni is like something from a David Attenborough special, with blubbery mountains hitching this way and that like sea-lion mating season on an Arctic beach. And these are youngsters who'll only get fatter and will never look this good again.

[Happy82]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

GO UK! GO UK! GO UK!

[Bing o]

slipstream 1985 said:

average to woman does not mean average to men.

There seem to be more and more chubby chasers on PH. I'd say fat women have it easy as men in the uk can't afford to be fussy anymore.

[RemainAllHoof]

Driller said:

So my eyes were not deceiving me then

That was my thinking when I heard the news on the radio.

[slipstream 1985]

Bing o said:

slipstream 1985 said:

average to woman does not mean average to men.

There seem to be more and more chubby chasers on PH. I'd say fat women have it easy as men in the uk can't afford to be fussy anymore.

real PH's would want a fat bird slowing their car down and ruining handling and performance.

[anonymous-user]

slipstream 1985 said:

real PH's would want a fat bird slowing their car down and ruining handling and performance.

Chronic understeer!

[ZOLLAR]

dailymail said:

Healthy medium: Now Alice is a healthy 11 stone after checking into a special eating disorders unit

comment on story by reader said:

know ill get red arrows for this and im glad she has beaten her eating disorder, however she currently looks overweight!!! Either way, well done as its better to be the size she is now rather than obese or underweight
- c.shaw, sheffield, 26/11/2011 12:52

To be honest I don't think she is 11 stone?, she looks heavier than that.

[The Nur]

Depends how tall she is really ^^

[Bing o]

The Nur said:

Depends how tall she is really ^^

What does height have to do with having bingo wings and thunder thighs? Fat is fat.

[carmonk]

ZOLLAR said:

dailymail said:

Healthy medium: Now Alice is a healthy 11 stone after checking into a special eating disorders unit

comment on story by reader said:

know ill get red arrows for this and im glad she has beaten her eating disorder, however she currently looks overweight!!! Either way, well done as its better to be the size she is now rather than obese or underweight
- c.shaw, sheffield, 26/11/2011 12:52

To be honest I don't think she is 11 stone?, she looks heavier than that.

Perhaps she's 6'7". She looks 2 stone overweight to me.

[Buzz word]

Apparently the blokes one is suffering some controversy as most of the men questioned have played rugby at some point in their lives so they aren't fat just muscular. Everyone knows BMI doesn't successfully measure that so they are having to measure everyone with fat callipers. Even then it will probably be wrong.

[slipstream 1985]

carmonk said:

ZOLLAR said:

dailymail said:

Healthy medium: Now Alice is a healthy 11 stone after checking into a special eating disorders unit

comment on story by reader said:

know ill get red arrows for this and im glad she has beaten her eating disorder, however she currently looks overweight!!! Either way, well done as its better to be the size she is now rather than obese or underweight
- c.shaw, sheffield, 26/11/2011 12:52

To be honest I don't think she is 11 stone?, she looks heavier than that.

Perhaps she's 6'7". She looks 2 stone overweight to me.

she looks but ugly to me