Why intermittent fasting is becoming more popular with middle-aged men 14 Mar, 2021 08:52 PM 7 minutes to read Fasting is becoming a more popular way of keeping weight gain under control - but is it worth it? Photo / Getty Images Daily Telegraph UK Last week, the takeaway delivery service Deliveroo announced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange in an IPO worth up to £8 billion (NZ$15 billion) – proof that not only are we eating more takeaways, but now we can't even be bothered to get off our backsides to go and pick them up. According to NHS Digital, 63 per cent of adults in England are now overweight or obese, while three per cent fall into the morbidly obese category.