In Britain's latest attempt to be just like its big brother America Britain's kids are getting fatter and fatter. So much so that manufacturers of off the peg school uniforms are having to accomodate larger sizes, much larger sizes.
Now speaking as someone who has, at various times in his life, been fat, largely owing to beer consumption, I know something about the upper size ranges. At my biggest I weighed in at nearly 16 stone (I challenge the Yanks to work out how much that is!) and was wearing 38 inch trousers. I'm now down to a svelte 12 stone and change and a loose 34 waist. So when National Schoolwear Centres lets us know that they will now cater for 42-inch waists we are talking some very fat kids.
Perhaps the government shouldn't have sold off all of those school sports grounds after all.
Now speaking as someone who has, at various times in his life, been fat, largely owing to beer consumption, I know something about the upper size ranges. At my biggest I weighed in at nearly 16 stone (I challenge the Yanks to work out how much that is!) and was wearing 38 inch trousers. I'm now down to a svelte 12 stone and change and a loose 34 waist. So when National Schoolwear Centres lets us know that they will now cater for 42-inch waists we are talking some very fat kids.
Perhaps the government shouldn't have sold off all of those school sports grounds after all.
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