Two-thirds of people overweight, research finds

IRISH people are in denial about the scale of the obesity epidemic here even though two out of three people are overweight.

Research commissioned by Safefood reveals that only 38% of people believe they are overweight when, in fact, 61% are too heavy. Despite this, 57% feel they have no need to lose weight.

Safefood has launched a campaign, Stop the Spread, warning people to recognise that being overweight is now the ‘norm’, has become visually and socially acceptable and that we no longer recognise the fact that we are carrying extra weight.