Apparently there are places with a higher percentage of overweight/obese people than the US.

Nauru has the highest concentration of overweight/obese denizens where 97% of men and 93% of women are overweight/obese.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_Pacific



http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/fat-of-the-land-nauru-tops-obesity-league-2169418.html

Access to healthy foods aside, that's a pretty unacceptable amount of fat people.

The United States is sitting on 78%, but when it comes to food, we never back down from a challenge.

6/28/2011 12:59:52 PM

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"FAT OF THE LAND"

6/28/2011 1:00:38 PM

They make good lineman.

That's all we should care about.

6/28/2011 1:07:25 PM

6/28/2011 1:12:58 PM

I came in here to post ^

[Edited on June 28, 2011 at 1:14 PM. Reason : RIP]

6/28/2011 1:13:54 PM

I have always wondered how it is possible to get that big? Does it start as a child and how gradual is it? Heredity or just giving up?

6/28/2011 1:15:33 PM

I've also wondered how you can be larger around the middle than you are tall.

6/28/2011 1:25:23 PM

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"Obesity among Pacific Islanders is among the highest in the world, regardless of the island. Obesity may be due to a genetic predisposition and a cultural preference toward being heavy, but there is a high prevalence of physical inactivity among this population. Attitudes toward obesity are slowly changing, however, and it is gradually being viewed as unhealthy. Small studies that have placed obese and diabetic individuals on traditional diets have shown very good results, as individuals lost weight and diabetics were able to reduce or eliminate the need for insulin. "

6/28/2011 1:31:05 PM

if i could get away with wearing sweat pants and flip flops all day everyday i would. but i don't want to be fat for it to be excusable.

6/28/2011 1:31:56 PM

Are pacific islanders just one of those ethnic groups that respond horribly to fatty western food?

My one counter-argument would be filipino food, which is fried pork everything, but you don't see too many fatties there, just a lot of otherwise hot girls with pot bellies.

6/28/2011 2:27:02 PM

bunch of chubby chasers

6/28/2011 2:29:21 PM

on the wolfweb?!?!?!?!?!

6/28/2011 2:30:24 PM

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"hot girls with pot bellies"

hahaha. I so appreciate you.

6/28/2011 2:31:39 PM

6/28/2011 2:34:07 PM

6/28/2011 2:37:46 PM

good reads

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1578329/Spam-at-heart-of-South-Pacific-obesity-crisis.html

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ju26-r3oLMhR0QssuEzYduCEplDQ

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1681297.stm

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"SPAM AT HEART"

6/28/2011 3:20:15 PM

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"The United States is sitting on 78%, but when it comes to food, we never back down from a challenge."

78%?! damn I knew it was bad but didn't think it was that terrible, what is their definition for overweight

6/28/2011 3:56:47 PM

probably BMI standards

6/28/2011 4:25:30 PM

BMI standards without body fat% are bullshit

6/28/2011 4:42:02 PM

6/28/2011 4:52:48 PM

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"BMI standards without body fat% are bullshit"

not for the majority of the population.

6/28/2011 4:59:47 PM

Sorry, he meant to say people who have ever picked up a weight in their life

6/28/2011 5:00:41 PM

i also came to post:

6/28/2011 6:57:02 PM