What Are the Fattest Nations?

 Obesity epidemic : the ten countries with the fattest people

Gee I wonder if America is one of them?  Let's look.  I certainly have been feeling my own waistline pinch lately.  The Economist published it - England made 12th.  Body Mass Index was used as a measure (big bellies would figure in heavily.)  Several middle eastern countries seem to be on the rise and the article doesn't speculate why, but notice that those countries represented are the more affluent.  I'm using a cute Asian child to illustrate this, but China (for example) did not rate - there are still plenty of people who have not reached the comfortable middle class.

Quatar - new prosperity? more rich who are more sedentary?

Lebanon

Saudi Arabia

United States - I'm surprised .. (not)

Panama - coconut oil?

Mexico - the food? (yum .. but sometimes lard)

Albania - more fat Europeans

Bahrain

Kuwait - new prosperity

Cyprus - a quarter bigger than ancestors

Comments

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i think china and USA has a problem with children obesity.