TelBoy

According to Diabetes UK, 700,000 more people will develop diabetes within the next 8 years as a direct result of the rising levels of obesity in the UK.

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/About_us/...end-of-decade/

That would bring the number of diabetes sufferers to a staggering 4.4 million.

Are you one of the people eating themselves fatter and fatter every year?

If you are, do you still hope that diabetes will happen to somebody else, not you?

dpb

Had to look it up

Orangio

It makes me laugh, people who dont live a healthy lifestyle will cause strain and millions of pounds of funding through the NHS and yet, the government have just put 20% VAT on sport supplements for people who do want to lead a healthy lifestyle.. Go figure

dpb

Do you need sports supplements to stay healthy


They should put vat on all the cheap ****e its easy to get fat on, together with fast food

Orangio

No of course you dont, but supplements are taken by people who have the motivation to get up off their ***** and lead a healthier lifestyle compared to those fat, lazy, couch sitting, excuse giving people who cant help themselves by using a little common sense

Orangio

By the way, There's also 20% VAT payable on all food served above "ambient" air temperature, including pies, pasties and toasted sandwiches as of 1st October

Midlife......

iTrader: (2)

.......must remember to let my deep fried mars bar cool down befor buying it

Shaun

David Lock

People like Sir Steve Redgrave, lazy sod

dl

TelBoy

Once again David you've lost me. Who is saying that somebody like Redgrave is lazy? Or are you in a round about way saying that he definitely doesn't take any supplements?

john banks

I'm surprised it isn't more, some weeks I diagnose a few new ones in my sleepy little handful of semi-rural villages.

TelBoy

John, do you think that people just don't realise that diabetes is a very real possibility if they can't stop themselves eating, or do most people know the risks but think that an insulin jab or two is a price worth paying for the extra pie or slice of cake? What's the awreness level out there?

ReallyReallyGoodMeat

Forgive my ignorance and my inability to google, but what are the symptoms of diabetes?

TelBoy

Tiredness, weight gain, need to wee, thirst, alongside a layer of fat rolling over your trousers in many cases.

ReallyReallyGoodMeat

That just sounds like being obese.

TelBoy

No proper thirst, and a noticeable increase in the frequency of loo visits. But yes, 4.4m will be just the confirmed cases, not all the people who have diabetes but live in denial. Plenty of those around too.

john banks

Mixture of awareness and motivation. Don't be astonished at people being unwilling to change their lifestyle because of risk factors when many don't make any meaningful change with an actual diagnosis.

DYK

***** me right off too.And all that b0ll0cks about the olympics and encouraging youngsters into sport etc,and for people to have a healthy lifestyle.
Now you got to pay more for a sports drink.Bunch of scamming tossers the lot of them,nothing new about that though eh.

dpb

My grandfather coped with it for most of his life

Died of a brain tumor a couple months into retirement

ChrisB

Anyone got a link to a list of what "supplements" are now VATable?

IMHO, whilst it does seem somewhat two-faced after the great summer of sport (is that really a surprise though?), I can't see VAT on supplements stopping anyone getting into sport or even just fitter.