Monday, September 27, 2004

Chocs Downsized in Obesity Battle

Britain is downsizing some of their king-size chocolate bars due to the growing pressure about rising levels of obesity. What they are actually doing is breaking the bar into "two shareable portions." Health experts blame the portion distortion for aiding the increasing waistline of adults and children in Britain. Statistics show that twenty-two percent of adults and sixteen percent of children between the ages of six and sixteen are obese. Health experts also say that more needs to be done to cut the intake of sugars and fats to reduce the obesity rates. This is just one of the many ways to approach the solution to this worldwide problem.

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