Posted on 10/13/2015 11:33:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
The United States is home to the most obese population in the Americas, Asia and Europe, has the fattest kids by a wide margin and is tops in poor health for teenagers, according to the latest measure of well-being from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
In its "How's Life 2015?" report released Tuesday, the United States is also among the nations with underperforming students and second in murders and assaults.
But the U.S. shines when it comes to personal wealth and even the number of rooms in our homes, said the organization that charts the personal and economic health of countries.
The report from the world organization is released every two years and this year it features a focus on child health and welfare in Europe, the Americas and much of Asia, including Japan and South Korea.
The report notes that all nations have room to improve quality of life for its citizens, though it doesn't openly criticize the United States. However, in several graphics and charts, it is clear that the United States doesn't match the world average in several areas besides child health.
For example, the U.S. is a national of workaholics that doesn't take as much time off as the rest of the world. It also is subpar on life expectancy, adult skills and suffers a higher rate of deaths due to assault than other nations in the report.
But it was the findings on obesity and child health that jumped out in the important report. The key page is shown below.
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In the obesity chapter, the United States is put at No. 1, ahead of 33 other nations, despite years of work by the Obama administration, the first lady and the Agriculture Department, which has been pulling sugar and salt out of school lunches.
The report shows that obesity in America has jumped since 2000 and that 35 percent of the nation is overweight. For comparison, 4 percent of Japanese and 25 percent of Canadians are obese.
The U.S. also tops the list of teens report in poor health, at 22 percent.
Worse, the U.S. soars over every other country in the number of obese and overweight children, at a whopping 38 percent. The next worse country is Canada, with a combined obese and overweight child population at below 25 percent.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com.
I blame those too, but I have to add overprotective parents that sanitize their children every time the kid touches a doorknob. They never play... never explore... always in their sanitary germ-free bubble.
We had moved in to our present home back in 2002. The neighborhood was quiet and serene almost all the time. There were very, very few children playing outside at all after school or on weekends. We thought that there just weren’t any kids around to be out.
Then in 2005 we had hurricane IVAN. The electricity was of for several days, no air conditioning, no internet, no cell phones or video games. The streets were full of kids, everywhere! Riding bikes, ball playing, running and being active like they should.
Then the electricity was turned back on. Kids disappeared again.........................
Here in California I see tons (literally) of fat Mexican kids. Mexican kids in Mexico eat the same kinds of food as Mexican kids in California, but the portion sizes here are much larger.
See post #22...........
I see the Mexicans are fatties too. I thought they were poor.
I was 250 before head injury. Went to 430 after being home a number of years!!!
Lost 110 pounds past year. Did it be Starving at bedtime lol.
you dont lose 110 pounds and go to bed satiated every night.
If I wasnt the LAZIEST human in the world, I would have lost another 30 over that time with exercise.
Today they'd get a SWAT team coming and kill their dog.......................
I was once 215 lbs at my most heaviest. I now weigh 180. Just cutting out the carbs totally, and very little exercise....................
you’re lucky you’re not here complaining about 215.
last time i saw 215 i saw Bush one get inaugurated and was dating a bombshell
Remember when the Soialist Democrats sold Congress the idea that children did poorly in school because of hunger? So free breakfast was added to free lunch and in some states, free food for after school and during summer vacation. How did that turn out? The children are fatter and stupider than ever. We can only dream of the SAT scores of the ‘60s, and type 2 diabetes is an epidemic among our fat next generation. The government ruins everything it touches.
I thought Mexico was the most obese?
That makes me a bit skeptical.
Hey 215 ain’t fat, I’m 220.
Of course, I’m 6’5” so... I guess if I was 5 foot tall then it probbly would be.
I do have somewhat of a beer belly but thats OK, I know somebody that likes it.
“Shit, a broken arm or stitches was a badge of honor in the late 70’s. “
LOL, sing it brother.
My favorite expression back then was Uh oh, this is gonna hurt!
I dont like to lash out at other FReepers, but i get one more comment about about anything under 230 being an issue, you’re all in trouble.
Everyone was complimenting me at least party on how good i looked lol. THREE TWENTY!!!
i guess after 430...
But fiance took pic of my firing guns in Vegas and it put everything in perspective. I’m huge lol.
Problem with fiance is she’s really in love and sees through goggles. Tells me i look skinny lol,.
gotta love it.
250 by next year. then i’m done. take it or leave it.
Mexico, New Zealand, Canada, UK, Australia, Ireland...'Americanized' food portions and diet.
That’s when I was 215................
I blame all the food drives and stop hunger efforts...
.and large doses of HFC’s..........................
I grew up in junk yards and body shops. I think I've probably got more scar tissue in my hands than a lot of people have in their whole body.
This! It meant you were outside playing, burning calories...
If one didn't have a scar, you found a way to get one...
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