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[hobie16]

Mexico Obesity Rate Surpasses The United States', Making It Fattest Country In The Americas
The Huffington Post | Posted: 07/09/2013 12:58 pm EDT

Mexico has overtaken the United States as the fattest country on this half of the globe, CBS News reports. With a 32.8 percent adult obesity rate, Mexico just inches past the 31.8 percent obesity rate in the United States, according to a study released last month by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization. That makes Mexico the most obese country in the hemisphere and one of the fattest countries on the planet. According to the FAO’s data, which dates from 2008, several Pacific Island countries and territories have even higher obesity rates. Nauru (71.1 percent), the Cook Islands (64.1 percent) and the Marshall Islands (46.5 percent) all boast obesity rates well above those found in either Mexico or the United States. The problems caused by obesity are causing a public health crisis in Mexico, with children growing fatter and adults increasingly dying from heart disease and diabetes.

For Mexico, there’s something of a silver lining to the terrible news that its people have surpassed Americans as the most obese in the hemisphere. That feat is made possible by the sedentary lifestyle afforded to an increasingly wealthy, urban population.

[BRWombat]

<sigh> Sorry guys. My weight loss probably had something to do with it. Don't worry -- we were #1 before, we can be #1 again!

U - S - A!! U - S - A!! U - S - A!!

[Goofyernmost]

I was wondering...since I fit into (or I should say don't fit into anything else), 31.8% of the population of the United States, do I qualify for all the minority programs currently in place?