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| 30,000 men 'eat take-aways daily' | 30,000 men 'eat take-aways daily' |
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| Thirty-thousand men in Wales are estimated to eat a take-away meal every day, according to BBC research. | |
| BBC Wales' X-Ray programme also found just under 40% of families ate take-aways at least once a week. | BBC Wales' X-Ray programme also found just under 40% of families ate take-aways at least once a week. |
| Researchers, who spoke to more than 1,000 people in Wales about their eating habits, found men were most keen on take-away food. | Researchers, who spoke to more than 1,000 people in Wales about their eating habits, found men were most keen on take-away food. |
| It was also found that eating habits are changing with fewer households eating meals around a table. | It was also found that eating habits are changing with fewer households eating meals around a table. |
| The consumer programme followed several volunteers trying to make changes in their lifestyles. | The consumer programme followed several volunteers trying to make changes in their lifestyles. |
| One, Darren Holmes, 20 from Penarth, south Wales, weighed just over 20 stone (127kg), and had dangerously high blood pressure. | One, Darren Holmes, 20 from Penarth, south Wales, weighed just over 20 stone (127kg), and had dangerously high blood pressure. |
| He admitted doing no exercise, drinking four litres of cola a day, and said he lacked energy. | He admitted doing no exercise, drinking four litres of cola a day, and said he lacked energy. |
| Mr Holmes said he had "cravings" at all times of day. | Mr Holmes said he had "cravings" at all times of day. |
| I would wake up in the night, and I would open up a glass of coke Darren Holmes | I would wake up in the night, and I would open up a glass of coke Darren Holmes |
| He said: "I would wake up in the night, and I would open up a glass of coke, this was midnight, 1am in the morning - have a glass of coke and go back to bed." | He said: "I would wake up in the night, and I would open up a glass of coke, this was midnight, 1am in the morning - have a glass of coke and go back to bed." |
| After undergoing a four-week programme to change his lifestyle, which included giving up caffeine and walking to work, Mr Holmes said he didn't "feel like that any more". | After undergoing a four-week programme to change his lifestyle, which included giving up caffeine and walking to work, Mr Holmes said he didn't "feel like that any more". |
| The programme's research also showed that the way people in Wales eat meals is also changing, with more than a million people out of the country's 2.9 million population preferring to eat their evening meal in front of the television. | The programme's research also showed that the way people in Wales eat meals is also changing, with more than a million people out of the country's 2.9 million population preferring to eat their evening meal in front of the television. |
| But the majority of people aged over 55 said they still eat at the table. | But the majority of people aged over 55 said they still eat at the table. |
| X-Ray is broadcast on BBC One Wales at 1900 BST on Wednesday. | X-Ray is broadcast on BBC One Wales at 1900 BST on Wednesday. |