Irish, Scots and Welsh need to eat like the English

Batsy

Many thousands of fatal illnesses could be avoided in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - if they would only adopt the diet of their English neighbours.

As many as 80 per cent of preventable deaths from the biggest killer diseases would be eliminated if the rest of the UK followed England's nutritional habits, according to new research.

They have proposed a 'fat tax' to improve the diet of the UK as a whole and reduce regional inequality in health.


The research showed that people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland consistently eat more calories, more fat and more salt than those living in England, and fewer fruit and vegetables than the English.

Eight out of 10 unnecessary deaths from cancer, heart disease and stroke in Wales and Northern Ireland - and four in 10 of those in Scotland - could be prevented if people ate the 'average' diet in England.


Analysis of diets between 2007 and 2009 found that, on average, people in Scotland and Northern Ireland also ate 7.5g of salt daily compared to 7g in England, while those in Wales ate 7.4g.

HOW THE UK COMPARES: AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION IN 2009

.................ENERGY (cal)...TOTAL FAT (g)...SALT (g)...FRUIT (g)

ENGLAND ....2289................ 94.9............... 7.0 .........173
WALES....... 2364 ................98.1 ...............7.4 .........173
SCOTLAND ..2370................ 97.6 ................7.6 ........172
N IRELAND ...2424 ................100.1.............. 7.8 ........152

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2056936/English-diet-save-thousands-Welsh-Scottish-Irish-lives.html#ixzz1cfDu5Ieo

Corsendonk

DailyMail..............:rolleyes:

The UK has the highest obesity rate in Europe so even if the Celtic nations eat like the English they will still have one of Europes unhealthiest diets.

mike65

If the Scots ate more curry and Chinese food they'd be better off its true!

syklops

Saw this on the news earlier. To be honest I think its bollocks. I have seen Jamie Olivers programmes, including the girl who used to live on crisps, and the woman who fed her 5 year old takeaway kebabs and chips every night and then said she didnt think she was healthy.

That they singled out England and then said Wales and Scotland, you should do what they do. Its ridiculous.

Its like saying Cavan eats more healthily than Mayo.

Waste of time and money.

embobolina

To be honest, coming from England myself, one of the first things I noticed about the food here is that there is way less salt in it than back in England (which I think is great) also the supermarkets here have way less freezer aisles than in England.

So I reckon its a load of tosh
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getz

embobolina wrote: »

To be honest, coming from England myself, one of the first things I noticed about the food here is that there is way less salt in it than back in England (which I think is great) also the supermarkets here have way less freezer aisles than in England.

So I reckon its a load of tosh
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they are not talking about the republic,just the UK

Corsendonk

embobolina wrote: »

To be honest, coming from England myself, one of the first things I noticed about the food here is that there is way less salt in it than back in England (which I think is great) also the supermarkets here have way less freezer aisles than in England.

So I reckon its a load of tosh
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getz wrote: »

they are not talking about the republic,just the UK

Yes the study is NI which has afar unhealthier diet than the Republic.

embobolina

Ah sorry my mistake!

Dudess

The OP is just doing his "We English are way superior to everyone else - especially you backwards Irish" schtick, and even resorting to deliberately misinterpreting something for a thread title. Notice his non return to the thread.

But anyway, magazine stands are now regularly crammed full of "My weight-loss success - via gastric band" stories... from England.

Sir Gallagher

Dudess wrote: »

The OP is just doing his "We English are way superior to everyone else - especially you backwards Irish" schtick, and even resorting to deliberately misinterpreting something for a thread title. Notice his non return to the thread.

But anyway, magazine stands are now regularly crammed full of "My weight-loss success - via gastric band" stories... from England.

There are a few members of boards who are English or loyalist(1 in particular) who seem to post pure sneering sh1te to make themselves feel good. I find it completely odd and baffling.

On the original post, all i have to say is what a crock of sh1te, "eat more like the English" haha id understand if it was like "eat more like French/Italians" or something.

The Hill Billy

Sir Gallagher - if you have a problem with a post use the Report Post function.

tHB