We live in the UK’s FATTEST town – we eat THREE takeaways a day & McDonald’s queues block our driveways
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LOCALS have slammed the UK's "fattest town" where residents stuff themselves with up to three takeaways a day. In the town of Ebbw Vale, in South Wales, a whopping four out of five people are overweight or obese. Some claim queues outside McDonald's are so long they block people getting into their homes.
![[Cheap booze shops and takeaways have turned Blaenau Gwent in Wales into the UK obesity capital]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ac-obesity-capital-bargain-img.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Others say it's normal for families to scoff three takeaways a day, from a large range of different fast-food giants on the high street. Residents can pick from more than a dozen fast food takeaways from burgers kebabs, chippies, Indian, Chinese, and Domino's.
![[Mum of two Elaine works around the clock and struggles to find time for healthy meals]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/blaenau-gwent-named-fat-capital-823995541.jpg?strip=all&w=730)
In comparison, there is only one greengrocers, where the average client base tends to be the over 50s. One local, Elaine, told The Sun her nutritional choices have pushed her weight to a dangerously-high 17 stone - but she sees no way of getting it under control.
![[The town was once an industrial powerhouse of the British Empire]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/FAT-CAPITAL-2-1.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
She said: “I know I’m way overweight but what can I do? I love my job but it leaves no time to prepare and cook decent food. I barely have enough time to go shopping for groceries, even. “I’m absolutely exhausted when I get in at night, but also starving hungry, so I order a takeaway delivery most nights. It’s usually a curry or a pizza or kebab. Some days I’ll have all three.
![[NHS medical workers in the area say the obesity crisis is putting 'intolerable' pressure on the service]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/FAT-CAPITAL-3-1.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“I know it’s not a healthy way to live. I’m already being monitored by my GP at the moment for diabetes because I’m on the verge of getting it, I’ve been told.”. Elaine added how there is a “clear link” between the ready availability of cheap, junk meals and obesity.
![[Resident Kay says too many leisure facilities in the area have closed]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/blaenau-gwent-named-fat-capital-823995545.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
