Obesity Obesity rates in the UK are the worst in Europe, more than a quarter of the population is obese and that number is increasing. Obese people are more likely to develop cancer and other diseases according to health experts. The World Health Organization describes obesity like a time bomb in public health. Another organization says that half of the population would be obese by 2050. Obesity is such a big problem because people eat the wrong food and they don't practice enough sports and that confuses the balance between the energy in and the energy out. During the II-WW the UK had strict rationing, when rationing was finished the population start to indulge them with food they hadn't access for years. We live in an image society, if you don't fit in that image you don't fit into society. For that reason, obesity is not just a psychical problem, but a psychological problem also, and the problem is worse the younger people are. It is necessary to act as soon as possible in prevention of that kind of problem. Local initiatives have been set up to provide the public on healthy diet and to get more people into the kitchen. Health experts agree that an active lifestyle and a healthy diet would help keep off the weight however wine and chocolate are not forbidden products, some studies show that their consumption can help to prevent some diseases