So what made this small but significant difference?

Many people are skeptical about government efforts to control the growing problem of obesity in the United Kingdom and do not believe that measures such as banning fatty foods and drinks in schools and universities can actually make any difference. New evidence however coming from the Asian nation Korea which has recently initiated campaigns to lower the number of obese individuals in the country shows that small steps can produce concrete results.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology recently released information showing that the number of obese students had fallen over the last year for the first time since statistics started to be collected. The percentage of obese students who were a minimum of 20% percent heavier than they should have been was seen to be 11.2% as opposed to 11.6% in 2007.

So what made this small but significant difference? The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said that tough obesity prevention initiatives which banned fizzy calorie laden drinks as well as fatty instant noodles in schools and university campuses was the reason for the obesity reduction.

In Korea the number of obese individual was tiny in the 1980’s but since the arrival of fast food in the rapidly modernising nation the problem has grown almost exponentially.  This is a pattern which has been seen in all developing nations around the world but these recent statistics show that it is by no means inevitable that developed nations have to live with the curse of obesity among their citizens. 

It is a shame that nations such as United States, Australia and the United Kingdom do not undertake similar initiatives to prevent the now chronic problem of overweight which they now have to deal with and which is costing their health service billions of pounds every year. 

In the same way that Ukmedix News advises individuals to make little changes to their lifestyles to make big changes to their weight and health, nations need to make little changes to rules and regulations regarding the sale and consumption of fast food and unhealthy fizzy drinks which we believe will have a big impact on obesity statistics.

The evidence from Korea shows that it is possible and that all that is required is the will to do it!