Walsall residents are among the most obese in England, and are the most obese in the Black Country according to official figures. We ask the people of Walsall what they think.
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00:00Some of them look very nice, but there's a lot of them that are much bigger that could be slimmer and keep healthier.
00:10Even if they just walked up and down here for a few times, because we try to keep walking up and down.
00:15Well that's a good opinion, isn't it?
00:18Too many food outlets, it's fast food.
00:21Do you reckon the council needs to do more to encourage younger people, encourage anybody really to get into the gyms?
00:28We do far more all together.
00:30So you think, get people back in, council encourages people to get into the gyms, get people into town.
00:36I think they need something to encourage people.
00:40It's all fast food, sitting down, stuffing themselves.
00:44Absolutely. So yeah, just getting people out, getting people more active you think, that would be a bit of carefree.
00:49Yes, definitely.
00:51When we were young, most young people were very slim, but a lot of them aren't now.
00:59Do you reckon fast food has something to do with that?
01:01Because you look down the high street, obviously you've got McDonald's, KFC, Greggs, you've got a lot of fast food joints that don't do necessarily healthy foods.
01:07Do you reckon that plays a role in it?
01:09The only places I remember when I was young was like the Cardoma and Floody Lee Pies.
01:15And the wimpy bar.
01:17And the wimpy bar.
01:19That shows our age.
01:20How many times did you see a McDonald's when you were younger, what do you reckon?
01:23There weren't.
01:24There weren't any?
01:25There weren't any?
01:26Wimpy bars, yeah.
01:27Wimpy bars, yeah.
01:28So you reckon the council should do more, try and encourage people to get into fitness?
01:32Not necessarily gyms, just get into a bit more fitness.
01:34Yeah, just try.
01:35Encourage people to get...
01:36Encourage them to walk.
01:39It's only a walking club.
01:41Good, yeah.
01:42Do you eat fast food often?
01:43Do you eat anything like that?
01:44No, no, no.
01:45Do you tend to try and keep healthy?
01:46Yeah, healthy.
01:47Yeah, that's a good one.
01:48So what it is, the government said that Warsaw, they put figures out showing that Warsaw that dealt the most with obesity in England.
01:57You're joking?
01:59No, no, no.
02:00Over 30...
02:01I think it's over 30...
02:02It's over 30%, 35%.
02:03What's the...
02:04Obesity is overweight, isn't it?
02:05Yeah, yeah.
02:06So obesity...
02:07So we have one of the most...
02:08We have the most...
02:09So I think we have the most obese...
02:11We're in the top two in the West Midlands.
02:14Yeah.
02:15We're number one in the black country.
02:16And we're also up there when it comes to England as well.
02:18Do you reckon that's true?
02:19Yeah.
02:20Well, it is because I did have lung cancer before, you know.
02:22Yeah.
02:23And ten years for, you know.
02:24Yeah.
02:25What do you reckon is the source of it?
02:26Do you reckon it's fast food?
02:27Do you reckon laziness?
02:28Well, fast food is...
02:29It's chemical, isn't it?
02:30Yeah.
02:31Bad food, isn't it?
02:32Yeah, yeah.
02:33Bad food for your heart, it is.
02:34Yeah, yeah.
02:35I mean, looking around, do you reckon people are...
02:37Do you reckon more people are obese than, say, like when you were younger?
02:40They eat...
02:41Well, no.
02:42It's worse now.
02:43Yeah, it's worse now.
02:44It's worse now more than when I was my age.
02:47Yeah.
02:48Do you reckon the council should do more to try and get people into the gyms?
02:51You know, like we've got Oak Park down here.
02:53Yeah.
02:54Do you reckon they should get more people into gyms?
02:55Yeah.
02:56Do you reckon English people could do with eating a bit more fruit?
03:01Yeah.
03:02A few more vegetables, a bit more fruit, you know?
03:04English people take away from the food.
03:06Yeah, yeah.
03:07They don't make food out of the house.
03:09Take it quickly and go home and eat.
03:11I'm guilty of it myself.
03:13I'm guilty of it myself.
03:14No, I don't have the way.
03:15You're right, but I'm going to just lose them.
03:16No.
03:17I don't want to touch with these people.
03:18I don't want to touch with them.
03:19You can kiss them.
03:20You have a good day or treat.
03:21I'm definitely hungry, too.
03:22You know, when you get out of the house, you, go home.
03:23It's a very good day.
03:24Yeah.
03:25I'm really I guess.
03:26You and I'm hungry.
03:27I'm hungry.
03:28You are hungry.
03:29I'm hungry.
03:30I'm hungry.
03:31I'm hungry.
03:32You're hungry.
03:33You're hungry.
03:34I'm hungry.
03:35I'm hungry.
03:36I'm hungry.