Our love affair with food

Food. We need it to live. But so many of us are eating more than we need to, and some others are even eating dangerous amounts of food.

There are cheap offers at the supermarket; many "buy one get one free" offers that we can't seem to refuse. Fast food restaurants are popular for us to grab a hamburger because we 'don't have the time' to cook at home. We eat when we're bored or depressed and constantly snacking in between.

There are so many stories of morbidly obese people nowadays - with one of the fattest men in the world weighing an astonishing 70 stone!

According to this article, rates of obesity have tripled over the last 20 years. Recently, there have been many television programmes aimed at trying to save the lives of obese people by putting them on extreme dietss and exercise regimes. But are they working?

We need to change our lifestyle; we can't just rely on a quick diet or random exercise sessions to combat obesity. We need a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle. They shouldn't make unhealthy foods so tasty and cheap.

A popular way to check weight is through a Body Mass Index (BMI) check. Do you need to cut down?