U.S. Wins the Fattest in the World Prize

by Vic Shayne, PhD

It’s nothing to be proud of, but the United States makes it into the top nine among the fattest people per country, worldwide. Mainly this is due to three factors: lack of exercise, a junk-food/sugary diet, and laziness. You can’t easily quantify the last one, but the number of remote controls and cars will give you a hint as to how little people get up off their duffs. The world’s fattest people list, from top to bottom, includes:

1. Nauru (in the South Pacific, where 94% of the region is overweight)
2. Micronesia
3. Cook Islands
4. Tonga
5. Niue
6. Samoa
7. Palau
8. Kuwait
9. The United States of America. Mississippi takes the cake for the fattest state.
10. Kiribati

Thinnest people live in Korea, Japan, Norway, Italy and Austria. Italy? Sure, more people in the U.S. eat pizza and pasta than the Italians could dare to compete with. The tiny republic of Nauru is the fattest nation on earth. About 94% of its adult population is overweight. (BBC News)

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Source: Streib, Lauren, “World’s Fattest Countries, Forbes, Feb 07