Account Deleted By User sigh I recall London in the 80s and 90s. The nicest, coolest girls from around the world. Fatties just didn't bother using the tube or buses then again they were just so rare. Back in London yesterday and half of the young women I saw were overweight or obese but NONE of the middle aged ones were. This tide of lard must have started at the milennium. Where I live, in the country, there are fatties galore but I thought the smarter parts of our capital were a bastion against the waves of whale blubber. How wrong I was. I sound like an old fart but what I see is that this generation of British youth have swallowed the (sprinkle coated) habit of American excess and then gone to the bar for seconds. And thirds. Really sad to see but this old fart has his memories (and waistline) to comfort him. Rant over and apologies to that minority of fit (mostly European) girls in London.