Monday 4 January 2010

04.01.10

A Girl Wants...

To reassess the health stakes of 2010.

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Word on the street is that 2010 is going to be a good year. My only wish is that it delivers. In the last decade we've seen some revolutionary changes. Today in january 2010, everyone is fierce on health; everyone strives to meet their 5-a-day. Ten years ago, the average Larry probably thought 5-a-day reflected his cigarette quota. The Wii Fit has re-established exercise, apparantly yoga on the sofa shifts pounds. I want to believe it, I really do. But something inside me is churning. Is eating 5-a-day really going to prevent cancer? Why does Scotland then only have 1-a-day? Are the XXL kids of Britain really going to lose their second tyre by holding a Wii control and flapping their bingo wings? I hate to be the pessimist, but I'm just not convinced. 2009 saw the rise of the Power-Plate, Yogalates, the Credit Crunch Diet and the Orthorexic, that is, a person obsessed with eating healthily. But is it all worth it? Only time will tell. With Britain becoming vainer and vainer by the day, the demand for quick weight loss fixes, and diets which promise a 28 inch waist by tuesday is ironically getting bigger and bigger. In fact, it looks set to burst. Let's just hope this demand isn't fitted with a gastric band...