Richest Fattest Nation in the World -- Guess who?

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<p>[The</a> Richest, Fattest Nation on Earth (It’s Not the United States) - Haley Sweetland Edwards - Life - The Atlantic](<a href=“http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/11/the-richest-fattest-nation-on-earth-its-not-the-united-states/248366/]The”>The Richest, Fattest Nation on Earth (It's Not the United States) - The Atlantic)</p>

<p>You guessed wrong. It isn’t the good old USA for once. Sometimes it’s good not to be number one.</p>

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<p>I guessed Qatar based on richest but I am surprised that they are the fattest.</p>

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<p>What? Another area where we no longer dominate? Man, that makes me want a box of Krispy Kremes.</p>

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<p>They may be consuming large quantities of Saudi Arabia’s OTHER export :-). </p>

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<p>Data is only available for select countries. According to their own global map 1993 data had 63% of women and 32.9% of men obese in American Samoa.</p>

<p>Also, looking at that graph (you have to click on a link) isn’t it clear that Kuwait has a higher rate of obesity than Qatar?</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.iaso.org/site_media/uploads/Global_overweight_and_obesity_surveys_since_2000.pdf[/url]”>http://www.iaso.org/site_media/uploads/Global_overweight_and_obesity_surveys_since_2000.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>My son tells me the people are actually bigger in the UE than here in the states. They are just covered up more so the weight is disguised a little better.</p>

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<p>I don’t know how accurate the article I’m paraphrasing is, but the point made was that norms vary vastly by race. The author’s take on it was, for example, south Indians are much more prone to diabetes and heart disease because of their anatomy given the same scores, activity levels etc as others. His findings were that the middle class going from a largely bicycle commuting population with rationed access to things like sugar to a no-exercise, high fat/sugar diet in two generations is taking a big toll.</p>