UK eating itself to death - Duchess
The Duchess of York says she would eat green vegetables and "make it nice inside" if she lived in a council house.
Sarah Ferguson spent six months with a family of six who were living on benefits of £80 a week for a new documentary on obesity and eating habits.
She told the Radio Times Britain was eating itself "to death".
The Duchess, who stayed in a £40-a-night B&B in Hull while visiting the Sargersons family for the documentary, said: "It took the family 20 minutes to get used to me.
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"I get on well with anybody. They're very special - the salt of the earth, kind, loving. I've seen families all over the world who live like them."
Asked whether she could live like the family, she said: "That's a ridiculous question ... Tonia (the mother) and I have identical views on certain issues, but we're not the same.
"I come from a privileged background and have been educated. However, it doesn't matter if you're titled or not. You can always have weight problems and mood-altering days - and that's why it was lovely to feel the compassion of this family."
She added: "I could live in a council house and below the benefit line, of course. Anyone could. But I wouldn't smoke and I'd make it nice inside and eat green vegetables because I was brought up on a farm.
"My daughters (Beatrice and Eugenie) might try fast food. If, when they were young, I had 5 dollars (£2.50) left at the end of the day and they were crying and I wanted them to sleep, I'd probably have put fast food into them - if it was the only thing I knew.
"The problem is how do we get mothers to spend the 5 dollars on fruit and vegetables and not fast food?"
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