He ain't heavy, he's my homeboy
Sixty one percent of South Africans are overweight, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
Cape Town was the worst affected with 72 percent of those surveyed there overweight, obese or morbidly obese. This was followed by Pretoria (68 percent), Johannesburg (59 percent) and Durban (52 percent.
GlaxoSmithKline interviewed 500 people in the study.
It said people were overweight (pre-obese) when their Body Mass Index --a statistical measure of body weight in kilograms divided by height in metres square -- ranged between 25kg/m2 and 30kg/m2, obese when this was more than 30kg/m2 and morbidly obese when it was more than 40kg/m2.
Of those surveyed, 47 percent said the government should play a more active role in targeting obesity, and 46 percent felt obesity would economically affect South Africa.
The survey found that 60 percent of obese, and 62 percent of morbidly obese people considered themselves merely overweight; 49 percent of South Africans did not exercise; 71 percent had never dieted; and that lifestyle, food, poverty and demographics played a role in the weight of the nation.
Of those interviewed, 65 percent had the perception that healthy food was more expensive than unhealthy food; 39 percent looked at cost when purchasing food; and 87 percent ate a home cooked dinner.
he..he..he Ke rata mosadi wa di hips....mafura feela,
Looks like Jo-burg Metro Police.
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HeiTaDa
shooo ... scary stats ... vele dijo tsa go dieta di expensive and ga dikgise.@KUKU are you male or are you male?
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ZEM
Ain't nothing wrong with a curvecious woman, as long as they are firm & tight' not lose. The person on the pic is fat. I don't like biltongs. lolReport Abuse
Noddy
Hela bathong ke di-hips tsa motho tseo?Some things are amazing. The article says government must play an active role in targeting obesity. I mean ruri, government e dire eng ge batho ba decide go nona. I can imagine fat people toyi-toying and demanding government's intervention.
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O kile was bona KUKU ya monna?
I'm a woman doll - mara this hips are so NOT Ayoba......maybe the woman is diebetic?
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Nacho
Balance diet sometimes is important,,i mean look at this person..too big and too heavy.Sometimes we must visit our gym at list twice a week.This is too much yooo.Report Abuse
kido
when last did he/she saw his private possession? a ke kgole a sa e tseba or e berekaReport Abuse
