On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 21:31:42 +0000,
this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>Dave Frightens Me wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 16:11:48 +0000,
>> this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
>> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>>
>> >Dave Frightens Me wrote:
>> >
>> >[]
>> >> Kids in Italy don't like to walk, but damn, they are rarely too fat
>> >> either.
>> >
>> >That's actually a load of bollocks. Italy has one of the highest
>> >childhood obesity rates in the world.
>>
>> Statistics are also a load of bollocks, as you know.
>
>Yes, statistics can be confusing and misused, but there's quite a lot of
>data on this.
>
>> And which ones were you thinking of anyway?
>
>The ones which show that it has a problem with childhood obesity.
>They're easy enough to find. You'll find studies which point to the
>problem being worse in the south than in the north, the trend over the
>last 40 years etc.
I've seen reports that child obesity is high here, but nothing else.
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