ALMOST HALF OF GALWAY PEOPLE ARE OVERWEIGHT

Date Published: 17-Aug-2009

Almost half of people in Galway are overweight or dangerously overweight.That's according to new statistics published by Hibernian Aviva Health.Results of an online survey show that 47 percent of people in Galway are overweight based on body mass index scoring.The survey reveals that almost a quarter of Irish adults don't do any physical exercise.Tipperary topped the list of overweight people in the survey with 58 percent.According to the health insurer, physical inactivity is a major contributing factor to heart disease and increases the risk of colon cancer.