Where are all the fat lazy dwarves?

Officially Maltese men are the

Shortest: (average 5' 6" men, 5' 2" women)

Fattest: 25% of Maltese men are obese

and the Laziest in the whole of Europe. Less than 0.8 hours of exercise per week.

Which isn't surprising as if a Maltese man needs to pop next door to visit his neighbour he's likely to jump in the car and drive 3 yards.

It's strange though, maybe because I live in Sliema, but I rarely see these fatties. In fact there seems to be a bit of a buff body obsession around these parts.

The young men and women are constantly power-walking along the strand or playing volleyball and water polo.

Of course as soon as the girls hit 30 something incredible happens to their backsides - it's as if they have in-built arse-inflater on a 30-year timer.