The US Has Been Dethroned

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I heard on the news this morning that we no longer hold the number one spot for obesity in the world. This honor now belongs to Mexico.

Their percentage of obese citizens is 32 while ours is only 31.

So are we getting more health conscious or is Mexico becoming less health oriented?

What do you think?

Terra
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    I don't know - I'm only a foreigner and I don't understand these things, but might it be some of the Americans slipping quietly across the border as illegal immigrants who have apparently made Mexico's relative proportion increase?
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    • Haha!

      I think it would be more likely that skinny Mexicans crossing our borders as illegal immigrants have apparently made our relative proportion decrease.

      Terra
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    • Oh - no, no, no. Alexa -when they say "obesity", they aren't talking about a little chub. They are talking about knee snapping mounds of fat - resemblances to poorly clothed hippopotemuses. (hippopotimi?). Those people aren't "quietly slipping" ANYWHERE!
  • At 31 percent I don't think we have gotten any more health conscious. Perhaps Mexico got a large influx of fast food restaurants lately.
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  • Perhaps the US should have mandatory siesta by decree.
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    • LOL! I'm not saying we want that title back. :p

      Terra
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  • Speaking as someone who formerly fit into that category, might I suggest that the proper way to frame this is that the size of (and opportunity in) the Spanish language weight loss niche has increased as well.

    For once, we wholeheartedly agree on something Terra!

    What to do about it... that is the hard part. People will not change their habits until they are really, truly ready.
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    • Ha! That's great! Except I wasn't even aware that we disagreed on everything else.

      Yeah, the solution is far from an easy one. It is up to the people and if they wanted to change, they would have already, I think. And everyone knows it is much easier to put weight on than it is to take it off.

      Terra
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  • Not to worry, we are still #1 in at least one area!

    U.S. Has World's Highest Incarceration Rate - Population Reference Bureau
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    • It might be the reason why. Most people who go to jail for a long time lose fat.
    • On a more optimistic note, the US is number one in the amount of Olympic Medals won.

      Oh, and America has the largest Gross Domestic Product on the planet BY FAR at $15.56 trillion.

      Terra
  • How about this: If you are fit, then you can have a siesta.
  • this could be wildly optimistic on my part, but its a percentage increase measured against total poulation - i dont think there's much doubt that US would have the highest total number of obese 'individuals' ..?
  • Terra

    not to worry.. we still own the number 1 spot for the most incarcerated people.

    eddie
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  • Actually Thomas Edison rarely, if ever, slept more than four hours at a time.
    He usually slept about 2 hours four or five times a day.
    Just sayin'.
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      Those were the days.

      Polyphasic sleep must have been so much easier, before the invention of lightbulbs.
  • Congratz to Mexico.
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    The US Has Been Dethroned

    I heard on the news this morning that we no longer hold the number one spot for obesity in the world. This honor now belongs to Mexico. Their percentage of obese citizens is 32 while ours is only 31.