Article: Junk food-loving Irish pack a heavyweight paunch

THE Irish - both north and south - are living off the fat of the land and it shows.

Our burger-loving, pizza-guzzling habits are turning us into the fastest growing heavyweights in Europe.

A new study by University College Cork nutritionist, Nora O'Brien, has revealed an alarming expansion in the number of overweight and obese people throughout Ireland.

The Ireland Food Consumption Survey revealed that 33% of all adult females and 46% of all adult males are overweight.

But even more worrying is the fact that the number of people suffering from obesity more than 10% above their desirable body weight has soared over the past decade.

Dr O'Brien found that one-in-five Irish men are now ...

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