Talk:Obesity in the United Kingdom

The obesity rates here are either completely wrong (a quick google puts the uk at around 60%, or europe is using a seperate and far more lenient measurement of obesity. either way this should be noted on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.46.85.139 (talk) 14:14, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

This article doesn't include Northern Ireland even once! As such, it can hardly be about obesity in the UK. Most recent stats seems to be NI at 27%, England at 25.9%, so surely worth including? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.171.106.185 (talk) 00:21, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Metric?
Could we put weights in metric, or at least a separate column that contains the metric equivalent? I'm British, and I have no idea what a stone is, I would imagine more people know what a kilogram is than a stone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.4.80.121 (talk) 19:46, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Surely we are higher than 28
We are told at the start of this article that the United Kingdom (incidentally, where I live) is Number 28 on the world's fattest countries. See what I say on the talk page of the general article on obesity, where I cite a reference that says the United Kingdom has the world's third highest rate of obesity, after only the United States and Mexico! Of course, to say the "fattest country" is not quite the same as reference to a coutry's obesity rate, but this still suggests some clarification is needed in this article. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 15:55, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Now, on a television news report towards the end of 2012, I heard that the United Kingdom now has the second highest rate of obesity in the world - shouldn't this be clarified at the start of the article? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 16:16, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Obesity - in which class is it more common?
The article says that obesity in the United Kingdom is more common in the lower socio-economic classes, but I am sure that I heard on Radio Four on February 12 2013 that this view has now been challenged and that obesity is actually most common in the middle classes. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 11:36, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Causes of obesity in the United Kingdom
In listing causes of obesity in the United Kingdom, should this article not mention the number of fast food restaurants in the United Kingdom, such as McDonald's, Burger King or Kentucky Fried Chicken, many of which are American but have many stores in the United Kingdom? ACEOREVIVED (talk) 11:39, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

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Article is biased towards England
There's barely any mention or quotation of statistics for the whole UK (including Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland). --BurritoBazooka Talk Contribs  18:03, 23 August 2017 (UTC)