Posted on 11/29/2014 10:34:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The number of overweight and obese people has skyrocketed over the past thirty years, jumping from 857 million in 1980 to more than 2 billion in 2013. That's approximately a third of the world's population. In 2010 alone, between 3 and 4 million people died due to complications from obesity.
While the United States is often pegged as the standard-bearer for overweight populations, there are more than a few countries tracking close behind.
With people in the world becoming more sedentary thanks to desk and computer jobs and more and more gaining access to high calorie, high fat foods like fast food and soda, the obesity epidemic will become a massive public health crisis in the coming decades, unless drastic steps are taken.
A new study out in The Lancet by the Global Burden of Disease has revealed the ten countries with the highest rates of obesity. A few may surprise you.
1. United States
78 million people, or 33% of the adult population.
2. China
46 million people, or 4.4% of the adult population.
3. India
30 million people, or 3.8% of the adult population.
4. Russia
28 million people or 24.1 percent of the adult population.
5. Brazil
22 million or 16.2 percent of the adult population.
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I’ve seen other surveys claiming Mexico has taken the lead from us.
That’s because all the skinny gang bangers are here now.
[Pseudo]-Jean Dixon New Year’s Prediction, 12/31/1992:
Hillary will get a Glutimus Maximus Reduction in 1993.
It would be interesting to see the male/female trends. I happen to think many women are more unhappy than ever because they’ve lost their way trying to compete with and be like men. Wonder if that translates into overeating as I believe women’s overall health has declined.
USA! USA! USA!
Once upon a time, she was not bad looking as I recall. Quite a few return trips to the buffet line ago.
Why rank by absolute numbers instead of by percentage of total population? A casual glance makes it look like our obesity rate is eight times the second place country. Notice with the numbers reported this way Australia and the UK don’t even make the top ten when I suspect their obesity percentage is close to ours.
Give that chicken fat back to the chicken.
I will spend a week or two overseas and the first thing I ask myself when I get off the airplane in the U.S. is “Where did all these fat people come from?”
“This sounds like Thin Privilege.”
Agreed! Let’s go loot and burn down a Krispy Kreme in reparations! ;)
Corn syrup.
When people like me are considered obsese, those numbers mean nothing.
5’10”. 260. 12% body fat.
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