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[–] Celtic_Queen 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I live in Wales, in the South Wales valleys near where Tom Jones and Max Boyce are from. I live at the top end of a valley, surrounded by mountains, forests and walks. Brecon Beacons national park is not far away. Obesity is a real problem here, I am not great at guessing but the average size of people here is around a UK 18 - shelf asses, triple chins and waddling walks. They are always in trakkies/sport tops (oooo the irony!) or mumus and carrying bags from shops like B+M Bargains, takeaways and discount clothes shops. They always give me dirty looks (all I do is walk past!) so I give them back.

There are way too many fast food places, every type of takeaway is nearby in the valleys no matter where you live, in my little village of 6011 people there are 2 chineses, 2 fish and chip shops, an Indian and a pizza/fries/burgers place. Whenever I walk past them (they are all on one little high street, a few 100m at best) they are always full and to make it worse we also get the bloody leaflets shoved through the door of takeaways between me and our local town Pontypridd.

The amount of obese children I see is horrifying, It makes me so angry when I see them munching crisps and guzzling coke especcially when they are 2-3 at best. There is a high school nearby and sometimes I share the train with pupils going home, I have seen a few pupils (who are at max 17) who are twice the size of me, one of them was at least three times.

Cardiff is not much better either and Wales' only NHS funded weight loss clinic is in a nearby valley - not surprised. I feel like Jack in the land of Giants.