Cankles epidemic sweeps nation

By Ellie Omahoney  on Monday 6 July 2009

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Forget love handles, the aesthetic bugbear du jour are cankles.

So much so that the American gym chain Gold’s has launched Cankle Awareness Month.

If you’re not sure what cankle means, let us enlighten you. It's the phenomenon of calf and ankle becoming one.

Gold's calls it a ‘growing epidemic’, and want you to come in and sign up for assistance.
‘Cankles are the fastest growing 'aesthetic affliction' in the United States... even ahead of other bathing suit killers like muffin tops, saddle bags and moobs.'

‘It is estimated that if current trends continue, by the year 2012 cankles will surpass love handles as the number one aesthetic affliction in the world.’

Scary stuff.

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Monday 6 July 2009

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Lets' face it you have to be pretty overweight to suffer from 'cankles'!
Comment by Marie on July 07 13:04

I am 5'3" tall, I weigh 7 stone, I train at the gym and I have "cankles" and they drive me mad. There is nothing I can do to get rid of them and so all summer and winter I have to wear boots and not lovely sandals or shoes as they are uncomfortable. Its not a weight issue!
Comment by p on July 09 15:35

Yeah, I'm totally offended by Marie's comment. I've lost a stone trying to lose my cankles and I ended up with no boobs, sticking out ribs and still big fat cankles, I hate them but there is nothing I can do, I'm saving up for liposuction on them.
Comment by Heather on July 12 12:57

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