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Britons too lazy to have sex or change TV channel
Updated On: 11 August, 2009 07:45 AM IST | | Agencies
The British are so lazy that one in six cannot be bothered to change the television channel if the remote control is not working, according to a study.
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The British are so lazy that one in six cannot be bothered to change the television channel if the remote control is not working, according to a study.
More than half said they would take the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs to their workplace, while three quarters had too little energy for sex at the end of a long day.
An entire generation risks being blighted by idleness, warned Nuffield Health, a non-profit organisation which commissioned the poll.
"Ready meals, remote controls and even internet shopping are all contributing to a dangerously lazy and idle Britain," said Dr Sarah Dauncey, its medical director.
More than half said they would take the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs to their workplace, while three quarters had too little energy for sex at the end of a long day.
An entire generation risks being blighted by idleness, warned Nuffield Health, a non-profit organisation which commissioned the poll.
"Ready meals, remote controls and even internet shopping are all contributing to a dangerously lazy and idle Britain," said Dr Sarah Dauncey, its medical director.
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