The British Obsession

While reading BBC online today, I came to the realisation that along with football, cricket, "musn't grumble" and the weather, another key British obsession is the obesity problem in the USA. It seems that almost daily, there is a report about some aspect of the tubby American nation that generally goes along the lines of "many Americans are obese, they are starting to realise it's a problem, it's because they drive everywhere, and if we're not careful the same thing will start happening to innocent British children soon". It's interesting at a time when "American-style" cookies and muffins are starting to appear on grocery store shelves and plazas of big-box stores are starting to pop up everywhere Jamie Oliver and others are changing school lunches and highlighting the need for kids to have exercise to try to nip this in the bud. Every so often, a very curious British person will ask me if the Americans really are that big, and if Canadians are as well (I know I've gained a few pounds over the past few months, but I didn't know that now makes me an expert!) and why I think that problem exists.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4436638.stm

I think I've decided to monitor the BBC...I wonder if it might be that they report on this daily...

As for the extra little bit of me, I'm training for a 10K and have signed up with a gym to start in Jan, so that should all be taken care of shortly...