Summary

Sarah Boseley begins her article “How Britain got so fat” by presenting the case of obese teenager Georgia Davis who was taken to the hospital only after part of her house was demolished to get her out.

The writer argues that Georgia’s case is an extreme example showing Britain has an obesity problem. She claims obesity is a health condition that affects many Britons and cites various studies that link obesity with health issues like heart attacks, diabetes, liver failure, etc.

Boseley cites a survey investigating people’s opinions about their weight in 1999 and eight years later which shows that people have begun to underestimate what it means to be overweight.

The article recounts how a few years earlier Georgia, then 15, appeared in the newspapers as the fattest teen in Britain. The girl received money from the tabloids and TV with which …