... Wales has declined considerably in recent years, it remains substantially higher in Wales and the UK than in many European countries, particularly France, where the rate is approximately one third that in Wales. This can be explained by the un-healthy lifestyle lived by most people in Wales, particularly the lower socio-economic groups. This is because only 34.9% of men and 16.0% of women regularly exercise. This has increased for both sexes of the past couple of years, mainly due to different attitudes to lifestyles. When you study the eating pattern statistics available you would consider this to be quite strange because the number of people using solid cooking fat has decreased significantly over the past twenty years, the number of people who consume red meat (lamb, pork or beef four or more times a week) has also decreased to only 20.9%. But, the number of people who drink alcohol above the recommended ...

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