01 May, 2007

18th Fattest Nation

Rank Country %
1. Nauru 94.5
2. Micronesia, Federated States of 91.1
3. Cook Islands 90.9
4. Tonga 90.8
5. Niue 81.7
6. Samoa 80.4
7. Palau 78.4
8. Kuwait 74.2
9. United States 74.1
10. Kiribati 73.6
11. Dominica 71.0
12. Barbados 69.7
13. Argentina 69.4
14. Egypt 69.4
15. Malta 68.7
16. Greece 68.5
17. New Zealand 68.4
18. United Arab Emirates 68.3
19. Mexico 68.1
20. Trinidad and Tobago 67.9
21. Australia 67.4
22. Belarus 66.8
23. Chile 65.3
24. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 65.2
25. Seychelles 64.6


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Credit note: Thanks to Proud Pali that found this article...

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

How much does a sumo wrestler weigh ? because I can't see Japan on the list

Nader said...

One effects of Macdonald's !

secretdubai said...

Why are Kuwaitis so incredibly fat?

And I'm surprised Egypt rates so highly, Egyptians I meet here never seem particularly overweight, nor do people look particularly fat (skinnier than average if anything) in Cairo.

I am surprised Bahrain isn't on there because I am sure I remember high obesity statistics from there.

Anyway I'm off to book my next bikini holiday to the South Pacific ;)

CG said...

Basil, are you skinny?

smafa said...

i cant believe uae is actually on the list, dats a suprise to me, n true about egyptian i rarely see them overweight. This country should really take this thing serious. I mean it maybe true its on the list cuz there's nothing to do here. Whereever u go u have to take a cab or have a car. The only places to go is malls,beach..i mean sometime u get fed up.. its the same places. i think they should engourage parents that there children should have exercise n should be strict about the fast food cuz there so many children who are overweight and its so sad a small kid dieing of heart attack.. before there was no such thing.

Anonymous said...

This statistic has to refer to nationals only, because almost none of the 2 or 3 million subcon laborers are taxing their belts.

C'mon, Emiratis: you can be number one! Buffets for all, everyday!!!

Anonymous said...

it's because of all the tradional food we eat,lots of fat in saloona, harees, etc.
prove me wrong!

Anonymous said...

wow!it's finally happened!we;ve joined the club of fatasses,lardases,lardbuckets whatever! yaay!

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