Bozur
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Post by Bozur on Dec 2, 2009 2:45:44 GMT -5
WHO finds American Samoa most obese country Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:16:57 GMT
The American Samoa is reported as the country with the highest number of overweight inhabitants based on national health surveys compiled by World Health Organization (WHO).
Considering the dramatic surges in the prevalence of obesity worldwide, latest figures show one in every three adults is overweight and one in every 10 of them is obese.
WHO officials estimate that the number of overweight adults would reach 2.3 billion — equal to the combined populations of China, Europe and the US — by 2015.
According to the recently-released WHO report, the American Samoa, where 93.5 percent of its population is overweight, is the fattest country on the globe.
Kiribati (81.5%), the US (66.7%), Germany (66.5%) and Egypt (66%) are the next four countries following the American Samoa on this list.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, New Zealand, Croatia, and the United Kingdom are the other countries ranking among the 10 fattest countries in the world.
Adopting a westernized diet rich in fatty foods and processed meat is considered as the main reason contributing to the high number of obese and overweight individuals in these countries. www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=112617§ionid=3510212
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Post by Username on Dec 5, 2009 21:51:07 GMT -5
Bosnia and Croatia? huh?? Okay I've obviously been there, and there's no way that's true.. lol
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Post by hellboy87 on Dec 6, 2009 2:04:18 GMT -5
flabby are not overweight right?
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