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Willybach 31st August 2010 |
Er, where are the middle eastern countries? Oman, U.A.E etc have MASSIVE problems now ... perhaps its due to them having little or no nationwide records of these statistics. I lived in Oman and obesity is easily over 20% |
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Michael 25th August 2010 |
Japan seems like a skinny country, doesn't it? But the sumo wrestlers have pulled it to ninth. |
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Concerned American 24th August 2010 |
There is no denying that the obesity epidemic is a national disgrace for us in the U.S. It is due in part to the consumption of enormous quantities of corporate fast food and soda (and the abandonment of home cooking), but also to a lack of walking. Compared to Europe and Japan, the U.S. is a very pedestrian unfriendly country. Home, work and shopping destinations are often far from each other, mass transit is poor to nonexistent in many parts of the country, and Americans tend to drive everywhere. |
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U-S-A! 24th August 2010 |
Apparently we eat the most and we drive the most :D U-S-A! U-S-A! |
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Rachel Paul 22nd August 2010 |
Look, overweight people or obese people it isn't good and people shouldn't eat so much junk. I know all that fatty food is tempting but you need to stop yourselves and eat something good. Go on a diet- do excercise! Have FUN!!! |
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AmieAlexander 11th August 2010 |
I think that to get the loan from banks you must present a good motivation. However, one time I have received a credit loan, because I was willing to buy a house. |
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n1993r 11th August 2010 |
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diana 10th August 2010 |
as I know in Fiji and American Samoa obesity level is 80%. In my country, Romania, obesity level is 18%. |
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Ni99er 8th August 2010 |
Whats ironic is that the english make fun of americans for being fat when their country is 23% fat lol @ mexico |
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Graham 8th August 2010 |
I'm surprised the UK, Australia and NZ are higher on this list than Canada. When I first visited these countries back in the 70s they were slimmer. And the English were shorter! |
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Nadya 6th August 2010 |
I see a pattern between the English Speaking nations and obesity. The more wealth a country has the worst they live. All these countries are fed up with ads that make the economy grow. Lots of these ads are made for food products. And people artificially create needs for their-selves. There are so many things involved in the whole process. But the main evil is money. Businesses want money, they create ads and make people always rush, work and eat at fast because they got no time to cook - or they buy the crap ready made from stores. |
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John Todd 4th August 2010 |
I am not surprised most asian countries are not at the top. Having been to asian countries, I could ahrdly find obscenely obese people there, at most they are just plump or chubby. But I can find a lot in my own country, USA and some other european countries. Maybe it has to do with our diet? Or more precisely, it has to do with taking junk food all the time? But Japan being 28, it's hard to believe though. I don;t think they should even be on the list. |
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AUS BEERS 4th August 2010 |
Americans should stop stuffing their face with hamburgers and try and lose some waight. its true america is the fattest country. |
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Goodfella 2nd August 2010 |
Interesting, but when you look at the Top 15 countries on the list, a staggering six of them are English-speaking nations (USA, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland). .... Anyone have any theories as to why those of us in English-speaking nations are so obese? |
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Freerk 2nd August 2010 |
We dutch people enjoy our food we aint fat;) |
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Victor 1st August 2010 |
Sad to see that sweden is already at #21.. |
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puppy8 1st August 2010 |
Why are some people proud about USA ranking #1? It's making me embarressed to be an American. Especially with people like PizzaBagel. What part of the US do you live in? And Philippines isn't on here either. |
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Emikero 1st August 2010 |
Jenna. It's actually cheaper to buy foods with no GST. Which are fruits and vegetables. The low income earners simply buy Junk because they don't want/know how to cook. They think that it's cheaper to buy junk, when in actual fact the fresh foods have no GST, or much less GST as they haven't been processed even half as much. |
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jenna 30th July 2010 |
Heli.... The reason why Mexico is number 2 is because the reasons for obesity of the united states are leaking down into Northern Mexico. LIke McDonalds and cheap disgusting food that low income can afford. Northern Mexico makes up most of the population of the country. Do your homework before making racist comments. |
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Heli 21st July 2010 |
No. 1 is USA, but No. 2 is Mexico, and there are large amount of immigrants from Mexico come to USA, so... I'm just saying.. |
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LolaVelasquez32 17th July 2010 |
It is understandable that money makes people free. But how to act if somebody doesn't have cash? The one way is to receive the home loans and just short term loan. |
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Quick Brown Fox 14th July 2010 |
These statistics only cover about 1/7th of the world's countries. The commenters here should note that the USA is only at the top of this list because the list has so few countries on it. The country with the greatest proportion of obese people is Nauru, where 58% of the population is obese. If that's too obscure, then try Saudi Arabia (35.6%), Lebanon (37.9%), or Panama (34.7%). |
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SlimJim 12th July 2010 |
Just remember all you lardballs out there, you, beaches, and thongs, don't mix. |
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mhikl 12th July 2010 |
Read Gary Taubes "Good Calorie, Bad Calorie". It looks at historical and present research and statistics. The great change (obesity gain) in the US and world had its great gain in the early eighties with the shift to a high carbohydrate (sugars, grains, fruits and juices, starchy vegetables), low fat and protein diet. Insulin is the culprit, it seems, and carbohydrates feed this beast. I don't believe our ancestors ate the majority of their fates from commercially prepared vegetable oils. Look to the past. Read Taubes. Eat the bracketed carbs to your peril. Personal note: On the Dr Ornish diet, high carb, low fat (10%) I gained 40 lbs. Returning to a meat, fat (animal based, some olive oil for salads) and green vegetable (some carrots) and the occasional raw fruit, I took that weight off. |
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Daniel 10th July 2010 |
I personaly blame the people them selfs not the fastfood restorants people whould sell anything to make money, its our choice if we wanna see our toes!:) Look ot japan, Korea all they eat is raw fish and rise. Not a 1200 calorie Jack in a box sanwish or a 850 calorie bigmack. People there live longer for a reason and worlds tallest man tall for a reason to:) |
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sasha 9th July 2010 |
Obesity is a major feature in several syndromes, such as Prader-Willi syndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Cohen syndrome, and MOMO syndrome. (The term "non-syndromic obesity" is sometimes used to exclude these conditions.)[97] In people with early-onset severe obesity (defined by an onset before 10 years of age and body mass index over three standard deviations above normal), 7% harbor a single point DNA mutation |
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Bob 1st July 2010 |
USA! USA! |
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Fausta Delafrique 29th June 2010 |
The information is worth the sruggle and being a student interested in conducting a research on teens obesity,i would love to get some statistics on UGANDA as my country. |
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Bin Laden 24th June 2010 |
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Fatarss 19th June 2010 |
AMERICA WINS! again.. |
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Hmmm 14th June 2010 |
Obesity is a serious issue, and we should all be worried. If you are overweight and choose to stay that way that is your decision, but you should not influence others to do the same. You do not have to skip meals to lose weight, or go to the gym for 5 hours a day like on The Biggest Loser; just 30 minutes of excercise a day and 3 pieces of fruit and 5 vege can make a huge difference. |
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Moeisha 12th June 2010 |
I like chicken. |
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janie 7th June 2010 |
That is disgusting, how obese that others have become. |
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Tyler 2nd June 2010 |
REx BMI is not a measure of fatness or health it is just a calculation, BFP is a measure of fatness. |
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Rex+Remes 22nd May 2010 |
@Ryan ... you are not obese, but you evidently are not good at math. your BMI is around 27. BMI is just a guide!! of course everyone is different. America IS the fattest country. Debating the validity of BMI does not change that. |
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Rex Remes 22nd May 2010 |
@jamie ... BMI is a metric of fatness, not of health. And being fat has been shown again and again to be not good for health. You say "If I had a healthy BMI, most people would call me underweight." I am guessing that most people call you fat now. Interesting fact is that 1/3 of americans are obese, but 40 million americans will need food handouts/help this year, or they will go hungry. |
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eli alubaka 21st May 2010 |
America rules |
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neil 19th May 2010 |
I dont agree with this article.Mexico city is one of the most polluted city in the world and iceland due to the successive volcanic erruptions cannot given that rank at all. |
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David L. 17th May 2010 |
I agree ian arnold should take all the junk food out adults aren't setting a good example for the next generation so i 100% agree with arnold. |
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rawrrr. 16th May 2010 |
Ik ben het eens met Casper. |
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Name 12th May 2010 |
Obesity is very important it is shaping the american nation |
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Sasha 9th May 2010 |
The point is not how good or bad an indicator BMI is or how skinny you personally are, the measure of BMI HERE in this data confirms an increasing and undeniable trend towards a very very heavy global population. BMI is a globally known measure of body fat status, and yes it is inaccurate, but because globally it is acknowledged, it is useful for consistent comparison and monitoring of the obesity epidemic. There's not denying, we are fat. |
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jamie 3rd May 2010 |
BMI is a VERY poor metric for health. If you light weights at all, have any musculature to speak of, your BMI will be high. If I had a "healthy" BMI, most people would call me underweight. |
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Suzi 2nd May 2010 |
View this visual on obesity. The viz recently won the data visualization contest, sponsored by Tableau software. It's pretty cool. http://fitandfattableau.blogspot.com/ |
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10th Grade Girl 30th April 2010 |
I was not really surprised to see that america is the highest for obesity. I mean obesity is almost everywhere you especially can see it in school. I think something that may help decrease obesity is if everyone found a healthier alternative from fast food. I mean if you go to this web site:http://freehealthfacts.com/nutrition.htm. It gives you some way healthy alternatives that do not taste bad. So u dont have to give up a great taste for healthy food. |
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6th grade girl 29th April 2010 |
Obesity is a big factor that the USA faces and it can be prevented by simple tasks such as jogging and other stretches that require some actual physical participation. |
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Michael Hill 27th April 2010 |
Mcdonalds is my life i love it WOOT! WOOT! |
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Passer By 26th April 2010 |
Adding to this article, there are an estimated 58 million people who are overweight in the USA with 78% of AMericans not meeting basic activity level. http://www.annecollins.com/obesity/statistics-obesity.htm |
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Fat bunny 26th April 2010 |
(( (=':') |
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lukelbd 26th April 2010 |
I think the massive fast food and junk food industry, popularity of enormous portions and snacking, and general excess in wealth and advertisements involved in food product marketing in our comparatively unrestrained, highly capitalistic economy contribute to these frightening statistics. Yet it may also be a result of the enormous car culture where very few are dependent on public transportation requiring more activity and convenience with texting and internet communication over previous forms of physical interaction which required travel or movement. Unfortunately, on a side note, like many societal problems, obesity seems to have effected the minority groups more severely, primarily hispanics and blacks. Yet another dangerous problem which isolates a sect of society and necessitates serious action or reform in the future. |
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doug 24th April 2010 |
It is not just the fast food industry that produces the Obese American. It is the culture where processed food are make to conveniently marketed for distribution with longer shelf life. It is the refined sugar that once was a rare a treat became a snacks like (cookie, cakes ,ice cream). All these create bad havoc to the American digestive system thus producing the fat american. America, wake up , stop eating the refine sugar , those process food and start eating more Whole food, like organic vegetable and whole grain and also get some exercise. |
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Ryan 24th April 2010 |
I don't believe BMI is very accurate. Its a decent basis to go on, but you need to see how much muscle a person has to completely determine this. I am 6'8, 242 LBS and they say I should weigh about 200. I am in very good shape, and work out daily. They do not take in account muscle weight and how big of a bone structure you have. |
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Ashley 22nd April 2010 |
Wow I never new America would become this bad with obesity its not just because we eat fastfood its because of what schools are serving for our children eating. In one school alone they eat ten tons of fat a year. |
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O.G. 15th April 2010 |
I'm not obese, so I could care less. |
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Steve Kuartei 12th April 2010 |
The list for "World Fattest Countries" seem to change from list to list and the number does not correlate with the best statistics that exist within the countries. Obesity is not just behavior issue, it is greatly an environmental (wider environment- ecology, natural, behavior, mental, economics, political etc) issue and lastly, it is an outcome of modernity with all its amenities. For the Micronesian Islands of the Pacific genetic studies (mitochondrial genes) shows a genetic predisposition.-Genetic Studies out of Kagawa Nutrition University in Saitama. Therefore, the solution to obesity is the whole of society approach. |
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Jailee 11th April 2010 |
Thank you so much for the graph. It really interprates the information well. |
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alvin dixion 6th April 2010 |
America is fat and thats because of fast food Stop eating it |
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+Jade 6th April 2010 |
I can reduce Obesity |
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Jade 6th April 2010 |
I reduce childhood obesity!!! |
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Mommyofone 5th April 2010 |
I have to say that I am considered overweight for my height as well. I blame it on my mother and father for making me so short and my son for making me gain 50 pounds when I concieved him. |
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Casper 5th April 2010 |
Wie dit leest is gek! |
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RAJU, A.P, INDIA 5th April 2010 |
THE SPREADING HEAVY PROBLEM OF THE WORLD IS OBESITY. A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME IS TO CHALKOUT TO CURB THIS PROBLEM. YOGA IS BETTER WAY TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS PROBLEM. THE GREAT SCIENCE OF YOGA ONLY A RAY IN THE ILL HEALTH DARKNESS. |
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flala 4th April 2010 |
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beezneez 1st April 2010 |
If I wanna eat imma eat! Go Fried Chicken! MMMMMMM! |
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Zachus 26th March 2010 |
BMI does not take into account for muscle or bone size. |
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AMBER 26th March 2010 |
I FEEL THAT OBESE PEOPLE SHOULD LOSE WEIGHT |
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Noojoo 25th March 2010 |
American Samoa is actually at 93.5% (World health organization) |
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Devin Politis 24th March 2010 |
Wow, America wins at everything. |
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Milly 22nd March 2010 |
Melissa M. Yes i think you should try something called NOT BEING FAT |
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daniel 19th March 2010 |
This is based on OBESITY, other statistics I have seen with the islands people are talking about it just OVERWEIGHT which includes obese. Maybe this is also why the rankings are so different |
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Jak 19th March 2010 |
I am not sure if anyone said this yet, but this list is composed of the countries in the OECD only. This is not a world statistic. |
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Milly 15th March 2010 |
I agree with 'its a heart' That indeed is a heart |
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Thin-lizzy 10th March 2010 |
I agree with Skinny Minny, the list is not accurate at all. There are little Islands with an insane proportion of obese people. Is this just a list of 'popular' countries? |
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skinny minny 10th March 2010 |
This list doesn't seem accurate. Most of the other lists I have seen list a lot of countries in the south Pacific in the top 10. I wouldn't use this list as a reference or take it as fact. |
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Joe Biden 5th March 2010 |
@ Mike Johnson those salads offered by McDonalds have tons of fat and sugar and carbs |
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#2 4th March 2010 |
Response to Banaphone: I agree. there is not excuse for obesity anywhere in the world |
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kelsey and lydia 4th March 2010 |
US AMERICANS ARE SOOOOO FAT! I MEAN EVEN MY CATS FAT! Us, Americans are just fed well. :) There's a party in my tummy. :) |
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Slacidar 4th March 2010 |
Thats alot of fat people. Put a sin tax on fast foods! Except Popeyes. Popeyes is good. |
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Melissa M. 4th March 2010 |
Im so fat. Could it be because i eat lunch at Mcdonalds everyday? |
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its a heart 27th February 2010 |
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Mike Johnson 19th February 2010 |
I am doctor at the University of Mcdonalds. I would just like to let you all know that Mcdonalds does offer salads and it is not our fault that americans eat the greesy stuff. Americans are fat because they choose to be and if you think about it they are smart, because when we go into world war 3, they can take a bullet and survive months without food. So just think about that before you criticise the United States of America |
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Lord Baskerville 11th February 2010 |
I luv a gud feed of fish bites smothered in onions. |
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adreana 3rd February 2010 |
Im doing a report and i find out its true |
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Old Fart 23rd January 2010 |
Stupid metric system, I was okay calculating my BMI using pounds and inches... Oh well I can always say I've got big bones |
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THE BHOYS FROM LA SALLE WE R SLIM UNLIKE 22nd January 2010 |
YEOOOOOOOOOO WERE SKINNG IN IRELAND AND WERE DEGUSTED IN THE STATE OF YOUR APPEARANCES WE BELIEVE UR TO BLAME FOR GLOBAL WARNING WITH UR GASES |
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Seancblack 19th January 2010 |
Im fat and I have no intention of losing weight, Everything I eat I pay for, and I work hard to do so, and that is my decision. I have a manual job and go swimming/ to the gym 3 times a week, and play football and train with my local team 3 times a week. "Just because you are fat, doesn't mean you are UNfit or UNhealthy". |
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A 18th January 2010 |
i am obese myself and yes i do come from a wealthy country however that does not make me wealthy in fact i have a low socioeconomic status thus my family can not afford healthy foods all the time sometimes we don't have food, so banana phone you should have sympathy because a wealthy country does NOT mean wealthy families and also people have medical problems that make them the way they are e.g having a really slow metabolism like me. |
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Banana Phone 13th January 2010 |
Ring ring ring ring ring banana phone >:O It may be mean, but I have no sympathy for fat people in wealthy countries. |
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Crabby McCrabby 11th January 2010 |
Go figure. Leave it to the Uk to have the number rate of Obesity in Europe. Well done Jamie Oliver, your plan is doing nothing...yet. Obese people(not those with real problems) should be taxed for being Obese. |
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Alfred 11th January 2010 |
Jonathon you should keep all of that to yourself |
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evilkillmaster19 10th January 2010 |
They should do a comparison between percentage of population obese and the number of fast food establishments to see what the correlation is. Although it is really a shame to see DEVELOPED countries taking the top positions when we have the most easy access to healthy foods. Personally i don't really care about who is #1 or #28 for that matter. If you eat healthy, and feel good about it and exercise at least semi-regularly, then really, why does it matter? |
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GayGuyy 7th January 2010 |
Jonathon will you lick chocolate off meEEEE XXXXXX |
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Prime Directant 6th January 2010 |
I would like to argue for the case of the united states that the obesity rate can partially be attributed to the low price of high processed foods. If only the rich can afford fruits and veggies; those on food stamps go on the dollar menu |
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/sp/ 4th January 2010 |
>implying Europeans aren't fatter than Americans |
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PROUD MEXICAN 3rd January 2010 |
We promise that in 2010, we will be the 1st place....hahahaha....after holidays we can gain some pounds. It's only a joke...It's too bad for us! Eating pizzas, hamburgers and tacos.... :( |
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OB 29th December 2009 |
Where is Somalia? |
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Ellie 28th December 2009 |
Its just amazing that the korea is the 28th of the obesity rate!! I believe Korea and Japan is healthiest!! |
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Wise Owl 27th December 2009 |
We all know that our food comes from pig factories, cattle factories and poultry factories where the creatures are pumped full of growth hormonesPYNIL and antibiotics which in turn channel into our bodies. Is it any wonder that the US has the highest occurrence of obesity? And note the level of obesity of countries that ban the importation of US farm products. The proof is in the pudding so to speak. |
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Chris 26th December 2009 |
Although America is the fattest now. I've read a few articles stating that obesity rates in Mexico is sky rocketing and Mexico will overtake America for the #1 spot in the near future. |
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Rado 21st December 2009 |
Embarrassing! How come that we rank 4th right behind such FAT peoples like Americans? I'm so slim and, as far as I can recall, most of my friends and relatives, too... Can't believe this! |
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why 17th December 2009 |
WHERE'S TAIWAN? |
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Mark 15th December 2009 |
America: #1 in another category! |
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Hollywood 11th December 2009 |
I just think its funny that his name is "PizzaBagel!!!!!!" that is not only a dead give away that (yes he's a troll) but he's OBVIOUSLY a huge (play on words did ya catch it?) food supporter. i mean who puts their name as a food on an obesity website??? thats like...SKETCHO! |
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Jennaia 2nd December 2009 |
Thats just insane! c'mon people, we cant help you if you cant help yourself (¯`v´¯) .`·.¸.·´ ¸.·´.·´¨) ¸.·¨) (¸.·´(¸.·´ (¸.·¨¯`♥ |
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Health Researcher 30th November 2009 |
Get some negative electrons (Anti Oxidants) in your body. These usually come in the form of FRESH fruit and vegetables. That said the best way I have found to control my weight and increase my level of health is to drink Alkaline Ionized Water. This is truly a wonderful product, every home should have one. |
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Scotty 29th November 2009 |
For those of you who haven't figured it out yet, the statistics presented on this website are FALSE and FABRICATED! |
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Cayuga 29th November 2009 |
The US has the highest rate of obesity because it is the ruled by corporate interests. The vacation time in the U.S. is far less than other industrialized nations, people work long hours and do not have time to cook homemade food. The US is a haven for right-wing ideas: we still have the death penalty, spanking in schools and also, no universal health care. It is a nation run by angry kooks. I hope Obama can change things. |
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... 29th November 2009 |
I am extremely fat. My mum is fat, my dad is fat, my brother is fat, my grandma is fat, my friends are fat , my dog is fat... the list goes on. |
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Clarissa Maley 29th November 2009 |
Hi guys, what I realy think is that people have to try to eat healthier foods. Being obese is a big problem because it can cause many other heart problems etc. This page is a really good page so people can know if their country is with a high percentage of obesity or not. Thank you |
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Bananahat 27th November 2009 |
PizzaBagel, the fast food is the cheap food. |
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OhWell 27th November 2009 |
Sevana, PizzaBagel is known as a troll. His name and what he said gave it away. Trolls make completely stupid comment lacking in any real logical sense. They try to piss people off by doing this. Just ignore him and his stupidity... And if he isn't a troll, ignore him still. |
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The Athe...thing. 26th November 2009 |
Guys, chill. XD It's people eating so much that prevents those in the third world from doing so. And by the way, there's one hell of a lot more wrong with the States than obesity, lol. |
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Sevana 24th November 2009 |
Hey PizzaBagel, you're what's wrong with this country. Keep scarfing down those pizza bagels you fatass. It's not that other countries can't afford to be fat because CERTAINLY sweden and france can, they just CHOOSE not to because it's disgusting. |
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PizzaBagel 19th November 2009 |
So what, we're fat. Whoopdy-Freakin-Do. I'm glad that we, as a nation, can afford to be fat. You know why China is among the thinnest of nations? Because THEY CAN'T AFFORD FOOD. USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! |
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mad dingo 13th November 2009 |
HELLO |
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guy 12th November 2009 |
IT TAKES 100 DAYS TO GAIN 100 POUNDS!! if you eat at a fast food store and you have 3,500 calories a day than u r gaining 1 pound a day. so i can believe it |
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Me 7th November 2009 |
That is rediculous those statistics! What are people thinking?!!! |
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Bill 5th November 2009 |
Bloody yanks trying to compensate |
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Melinda Graham 3rd November 2009 |
I am not the least surprised in these stats especially pointing to the u.s. Certainly not happy with it and no wonder I hardly ever fry my foods nor do I take my children to fast food places... |
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Martha B~ 31st October 2009 |
Something isn't quite adding up here. If you check the stats for obesity in women, and for men, nether U.S. gender is listed as a chubby contributor. How then can the US lead the obesity category? Where are the fuzzy logic stat states stats? |
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CT 26th October 2009 |
This chart leaves off a rather long list of countries much heavier. The BMI is also misleading, to say the least |
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College Guy 26th October 2009 |
This just shows how fat Americans really are and we as a society need to get our act together and need to start changing our eating habits, but I doubt it. |
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George. W 15th October 2009 |
I do ballet! and i am fat and i hit girls for fun! thanks, love from me x |
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STUDENT 14th October 2009 |
Wow, maybe should not lick men altogether. |
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Truus van gorp 14th October 2009 |
I am really fat |
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Johnathan Greening 12th October 2009 |
I am a fat homosexual and i love licking chocolate of mens ...... and since i have been doing this i have got very fat... is there anyway i can use a differant product instead of chocolate? |
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not MOHAMAD 9th October 2009 |
That's so when a Muslim comes to the hospital we give him the 1/5 size bed. It's because of 9/11 of course ... you woulda got a full bed but you lost your rights since 9/11 happened, so you get 1-9/11 of a bed = 2/11 = 0.22 ... but we rounded it off to one decimal place ... = 0.2 |
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Lyndon Crabbe 7th October 2009 |
Can anyone help me find historical obesity statistics? I want to see how obesity rates have grown over time. |
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raghavendra 16th September 2009 |
This information is good but if you can provide the rating of India it will be useful for me.Iam working on anti-obesity project.so it will be useful for me |
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Hanna :) 15th September 2009 |
This is AMAZING! |
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S 13th September 2009 |
Yeah, thanks for the information, doing Social studies homework drives you insane without any good information and finally I find some. :] |
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Mike 12th September 2009 |
Oddly...or perhaps not....2 of the top 3 also carry the highest foreign debt load.....hmmmm |
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Lili (Canadian living in France) 18th August 2009 |
Why does everybody have to get so personal about how their country scored!? It's not a game, it's a fact and nobody is pointing fingers. Each person has to decide how they want to live their life and we just have one to live. |
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Nealoren 17th August 2009 |
Thanks for above information. In any country obesity is a general problem. Many doctor prescribe Generic rimonabant(acomplia) for weight loss purpose. If you take this medicine and do some small exercise daily. It’s beneficial to your health. |
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margaret (tx) 8th July 2009 |
Just want to say that I am an American currently within "normal" bmi. I have just recently achieved this (down from 33.8 bmi), so I cannot yet say I have maintained, though obviously I plan to. I am just doing my patriotic duty to reduce the shame of the american obesity epidemic. My husband and our 2 college-age children are also normal bmi. I can be a bit obnoxious now, not unlike an ex-smoker who can no longer tolerate the smell of cigarettes. Because obesity can be a precursor to many health problems, people should be encouraged to maintain healthy weight, perhaps through health insurance rebates, or tax refunds. Obesity costs our nation a lot of money, and the rest of us subsidize others unhealthy habits through health insurance premiums and taxes. |
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sally li 1st July 2009 |
I would like to see where is China and Hong Kong Chinse on the ranking. |
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MOHAMAD 17th June 2009 |
WHAT DOES IT MEAN HOSPITAL BEDS AMOUNT 2.2 PER 1000 PPL 2.2? |
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Matt 6th June 2009 |
Hey im a uni student doing a majour study comparing the prevelance of obesity in Australia, America and India. Please use more recent studies! This site always comes up on google and i would love to use it for reference. Cheers, Matt. |
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Anthony M. Hawai 23rd April 2009 |
I think people under estimate obese people because we eat to have fun |
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Crue 17th April 2009 |
Why would that make you happy? What an ignorant, self centered comment. |
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Oliver 17th October 2005 |
So where are the stats for the US??? It has the most overweight population in the world! |
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Edria Murray Staff Editor 16th April 2005 |
In response to Trevor: This statistic is not based on land area. The quantity being measured is BMI(body mass index). BMI is a method of comparing a persons weight and height. It is calculated from the formula: BMI = Weight (KG) / Height squared (m^2) So the m^2 is related to the persons height.BMI is a widely used indicator of possible health risk as it relates to physical mass (how much space the human body actually takes up). A BMI of over 25 is associated with a higher risk of illness. BMI does not take into account build, proportion of body fat, maturity level or other health factors (such as disease, genetic risk). Because of these limitations, BMI should not be the only indicator of a persons ideal weight. |
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Ian Graham Staff Editor 15th April 2005 |
A study by Swedish researchers published in the British Medical Journal suggests that people with a waistline of 39.3 inches (100 centimeters) or more face a greater risk of developing insulin resistance. People who suffer from insulin resistance are more likely to develop diabetes and heart disease. Diabetes is caused by an imbalance of insulin, a hormone that stimulates the body’s cells into absorbing glucose from the blood. The researchers who conducted the study compared the size of people’s waists with other biological markers that are known predictors of insulin sensitivity, which often leads to insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is the cause of Type 2 diabetes, which makes up about 90 percent of all cases of diabetes and usually shows up in adults 40 years of age and older. Diabetes can lead various heart and blood disorders that are responsible for about 50 to 80 percent of deaths of diabetics. Severe forms of the disease can lead to blindness, loss of limbs and kidney failure. In Type 2 diabetes, insulin is produced at insufficient levels or does not work efficiently, either because it is defective in some way or because the cells themselves have become resistant to it. The incidence of Type 2 diabetes has risen dramatically alongside obesity rates. |
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Ian Graham Staff Editor 11th April 2005 |
A study commissioned by the California Department of Health and Human Services found that more than half of all the adults in that state are overweight. Almost 53 percent of California residents over the age of 25 are overweight, and more than 17 percent are obese, according to the study. The rates among Hispanics, blacks and adults with less than a high school education exceed 60 percent and the state has one of the fastest increasing rates of adult obesity in the country. Overweight and inactive people cost California $21.7 billion a year in medical bills, injuries and lost productivity, based on the study’s estimates. The state’s governor, former bodybuilder and action movie star Arnold Shwarzenegger, wants junk food taken out of schools and vending machines stocked with fresh vegetables, milk and other healthy food. |
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Edria Murray Staff editor 21st February 2005 |
Body mass index (BMI) is one indicator of ideal body weight. It is calculated by comparing the persons weight to their height squared. A healthy person has a BMI of 18.5 to 25. Obesity is a risk factor for chronic and often fatal illness including href=/graph/hea_hea_dis_dea>heart disease , cancer and href=/graph/mor_uns_dia_mel>diabetes . In some cases href=/graph/mor_obe&int=-1>obesity itself is the direct cause of death. |
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