We are getting fatter because our lifestyles have reduced the need to walk, run, exert and generally, move around. There is no need to climb stairs due to escalators/lifts, there is no need to carry bags as there are trolleys everywhere in the supermarket, our jobs mostly involve sitting on a chair in an airconditioned office for hours and hours and since we working longer hours, whatever meagre free time we have, we spend it on the chair in front of the computer/couch in front of TV. All this inactivity makes us sick and then we pop pills and another cycle starts.

Health is a complicated issue but sometimes it is as basic as that.