News: "Quarter of adults walk just an hour a week"

A poll for the walking charity the Ramblers suggests 25% of adults walk for no more than one hour each week. The survey asked people about the total amount of walking they did, including trips to school, work or the shops, and the results were that. Despite the low levels of walking reported, nearly all of those surveyed - 93% - agreed walking was a good form of exercise.

Opinion

Oh, seriously. What did the authorities expect if they provide people with so many entertainment that doesn't need any exercise? Although there are a lot of projects that claim for a change, it won't be easy to achieve that goal, providing that people enjoy to stay at home because it's usually cheaper (I saw a lot of people that buy something when they go walking) and can be more amusing. It doesn't affect me because I'm not an adult and I usually walk once per day, and I'm not likely to stay at home continously.

Photo and new source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22401589

News: "Diabetes warning over soft drinks"

Drinking one or more cans of sugary soft drinks a day can lead to a greater risk of diabetes, according to a research made in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Sweden, France and the Netherlands. However, it seems that the risk it's not solely incremented by the presence of extra calories.

"It is not definitive evidence that sugar-sweetened soft drinks increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, other than through their effect on body weight" - Dr Matthew Hobbs, head of research at Diabetes UK

All of this leads to link the weight gain that drinking sugary soft drinks provides with the apparition of diabetes.

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Opinion

I knew that people can get diabetic if they are over-weight; furthermore, it's one of the main causes. So if sugary soft drinks doesn't lead to a diabetes associated with the weight gain that they suppose, I assume that the only point of this research is to demostrate that these kind of drinks can "help you" to get fatter. It doesn't really affects me because I never drink any of sugary soft drinks, but I know a lot of people who drinks them like I drink water. In other words, maybe this kind of evidences can help them to get more conscienciated about their health.

But, you know? I'm kinda sick of this society and their dissimulated hate of all that doesn't follow the canonical beauty rules. All of this massive amount of messages can be easily interpretated (maybe unconsciencious) by over-weight people as something like: "I'm a monster", "I'm not handsome", "I will feel better if I'm fitter because people will treat me as I deserve",... I think that someone can have the body he or she wants (if possible) and he/she shouldn't be despised. Is it so difficult to accept the others?


News & photo source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22280297

News: "Brighton fans report homophobic abuse to FA"

Brighton fans have been subjected to homophobic insults by rival supporters in over half of the club's games this season.Hove Albion Supporters' Club has spent over 15 years trying to get the authorities to take this regular abuse of one club's fans seriously, so people could go to the games with their children or their grandparents.

Seriously. I can't believe it. I'm not very surprised, but insulting another football club - not depending in the reasons - it's absolutely childish and immature. And if they are insulting each other because of sexual orientation, I don't know exactly how to describe those people. Did you go to see people playing football, or you go to see straight people playing football? Oh, jeez.
Anyway, this kind of situation can be seen worldwide, although maybe it's not reported. I think the football world can be sometimes intolerant, as shown on the news. I don't know if I can do anything as an individual to help to fix this situation, but I'll keep supporting the people who deserves to be supported, no matter who is.

News & photo source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21988433