24 hour drinking and the British booze culture. Alcohol is fattening!

We are becoming more like the USA and using cars for the shortest journey. As roads become more congested, more and more are being built rather than alternatives sought.

Schools have been asked to improve nutrition for children and parents are urged to change their habits but manufacturers are still allowed to churn out high fat, highly processed foods and target their advertising at families and children.

PC’s, TV’s, DVD’s, hand held games and a culture where television is so important that the results of talent or competitive shows are considered important enough to broadcast on the news.

Our long working hours. Everyones to shattered to exercise.

Sunday trading. We have access to shops and food 7 days a week and have forgotten how to do without, eat less and make do with what we have in the store cupboard.

Gyms. Exercise is seen as a task or leisure pursuit in itself rather than a natural part of daily activities…walking to school or work, gardening, a family game of rounders, dance class, a long country walk.

The availability cheap, mass produced food stuffs so that we no longer respect food as something which we should be grateful to have, but as something which is always there in abundance.

The snack culture which means that children are not as hungry as they should be when a meal is served. They can be picky about eating vegetables because they know that they can have a bag of crisps if they get peckish rather than waiting until the next meal.

Our inability to cook. The popularity of the umpteen cookery programmes does not indicate that people cook but rather that they sit and watch celebrity chefs cook.