[Tokra]

One of the big reasons for the difference is that Americans eat much better than Brits. Britons eat an average of 120 lbs. of meat per year while Americans eat 190 lbs of meat per year. (per capita figures).

If we eat richer foods, it stands to reason that we are probably not as healthy.

Then again - when you are comparing 60 million people to 300 million people, you can't get a true comparison.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

It's all that healthy food Britian is famous for: bangers & mash; fish & chips; beans on toast; steak & kidney pie -- to say nothing of spam.

Monty Python did though:

Man: Morning!
Waitress: Morning!
Man: Well, what've you got?
Waitress: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spam; egg bacon and spam; egg bacon sausage and spam; spam bacon sausage and spam; spam egg spam spam bacon and spam; spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam;
Vikings: Spam spam spam spam...
Waitress: ...spam spam spam egg and spam; spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam spam...