1. Obesity figures, UK: www.bhfactive.org.uk/userfiles/Documents/obes-phys-acti-diet-eng-2013-rep.pdf
2. Cost of obesity, UK:
www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/13974/61622/61622.pdf
www.bps.org.uk/sites/default/files/images/pat_rep95_obesity_web.pdf
3. Cost to UK NHS of alcohol abuse:
www.nhs.uk/news/2011/05May/Pages/nhs-stats-on-alcohol-hospital-visits.aspx
4. Obesity figures, USA: www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
5. Child obesity figures, UK: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16175387
6. Facebook growth: www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19816709
www.insidefacebook.com/2008/08/19/mapping-facebooks-growth-over-time
7. Household debt figures, UK: www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25152556
8. Opiate/Crack users, UK: www.nta.nhs.uk/facts.aspx
9. Drugs deaths, UK: www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8595115/Britain-has-highest-number-of-drug-deaths-in-western-Europe.html
10. Alcohol deaths, UK: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-health4/alcohol-related-deaths-in-the-united-kingdom/2011/alcohol-related-deaths-in-the-uk--2011.html
11. Smoking deaths, UK: ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_107.pdf
12. Obesity deaths in the UK: www.nhs.uk/news/2013/08August/Pages/new-US-estimates-link-obesity-to-18-per-cent-of-deaths.aspx
www.noo.org.uk/NOO_about_obesity/mortality
13. Illicit drug use, USA: www.samhsa.gov/data/nsduh/2k11results/nsduhresults2011.htm
14. Prescriptions issued in UK for the treatment of alcohol dependence: www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB10932