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60% of Britons would rather die than exercise :o

  • 04-11-2007 11:38pm
    #1
    GerryRyan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 966 ✭✭✭


    Was randomly reading up on the news (and yes, it's good to read up on what's going on in the world)
    Six out of 10 Britons would not be motivated to do more exercise even if their lives depended on it, a poll has found. This is despite one person dying every 15 minutes as a result of physical inactivity, according to British Heart Foundation figures.

    Linky

    And people wonder why the level of obesity is rising in this country (and most western ones).

    Does this not worry anyone else?


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  • #2
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    ThatGuy wrote: »
    Does this not worry anyone else?

    Nope. And I don't care.

    If you're too lazy to do a bit of excersize, then there's no freakin' hope for you at all.


  • #3
    alleepally
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭alleepally


    Ditto. Couldn't care less. It's non news really.


  • #4
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,144 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    The actual question that they asked will have been worded some what differently in order to get that response of course.


  • #5
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    robinph wrote: »
    The actual question that they asked will have been worded some what differently in order to get that response of course.

    Yeah, true enough, which is why these kind of statistics aren't really news at all.


  • #6
    GerryRyan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 966 ✭✭✭GerryRyan


    Well obviously I'm not taking every article at face value - but if it helps in highlighting an issue (obesity, lazy unhealthy population) then I've nothing against it.

    I didn't start the thread just to link the 'news' - was more of an example to start a discussion.


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  • #7
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,351 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    60%? Pffft, amateurs. 100% of BGRH members would rather die than exercise. In fact it's probably written into the charter but I'm too lazy to look.


  • #8
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    robinph wrote: »
    The actual question that they asked will have been worded some what differently in order to get that response of course.


    Yeah, I remember another survey where it said a higher % of heterosexual UK men would rather ride david beckham than posh spice....


  • #9
    MoominPapa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭MoominPapa


    Ironically this should help to thin their ranks out a bit...


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