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How Fat is Your Country?

Guess which country is the fattest:
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22776

How Fat is Your Country?

" wrote in part:

Guess which country is the fattest:
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22776

Why so few countries? Which were left out and why?
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA

How Fat is Your Country?

On 7 Apr 2007 14:18:33 -0700, "
wrote:

Guess which country is the fattest:
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22776

LOL

How Fat is Your Country?

On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 22:12:49 GMT, Jim Chinnis
wrote:

" wrote in part:

Guess which country is the fattest:
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=22776

The creator of the above page may have had some kind of agenda.
Better sources by far are

WHO: Global Database on Body Mass Index
http://www.who.int/bmi/ (explore the various tabs on top and
different selections of options)

and

IOTF.ORG: International Obesity TaskForce
http://www.iotf.org/database/

--
Matti Narkia

How Fat is Your Country?

Matti Narkia wrote:

: The creator of the above page may have had some kind of agenda.
: Better sources by far are
:
: WHO: Global Database on Body Mass Index
: http://www.who.int/bmi/ (explore the various tabs on top and
: different selections of options)

Probably accurate but not very practical site, IMHO.

: IOTF.ORG: International Obesity TaskForce
: http://www.iotf.org/database/

Do you think that there is something that could be learned from Japanese,
South Koreans or Italians in terms of obesity control? According to this map
they are the only developed countries which has been successful in
controlling obesity. And the Mediterranean Greeks are not doing very fine -
perhaps their limitless olive oil consumption adds too much calories to
their diet.

http://tinyurl.com/yttjoe

--
Juhana

How Fat is Your Country?

"Juhana Harju" wrote in part:

Matti Narkia wrote:

: The creator of the above page may have had some kind of agenda.
: Better sources by far are
:
: WHO: Global Database on Body Mass Index
: http://www.who.int/bmi/ (explore the various tabs on top and
: different selections of options)

Probably accurate but not very practical site, IMHO.

: IOTF.ORG: International Obesity TaskForce
: http://www.iotf.org/database/

Do you think that there is something that could be learned from Japanese,
South Koreans or Italians in terms of obesity control? According to this map
they are the only developed countries which has been successful in
controlling obesity. And the Mediterranean Greeks are not doing very fine -
perhaps their limitless olive oil consumption adds too much calories to
their diet.

http://tinyurl.com/yttjoe

I think some of the differences may depend a great deal on cultural factors.
In Italy, for instance, gluttony has been considered about the worst "sin"
of all.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA

How Fat is Your Country?

Matti Narkia wrote:
: On Sun, 8 Apr 2007 17:19:36 +0300, "Juhana Harju"
: wrote:
:: Matti Narkia wrote:
::
::: The creator of the above page may have had some kind of agenda.
::: Better sources by far are
:::
::: WHO: Global Database on Body Mass Index
::: http://www.who.int/bmi/ (explore the various tabs on top and
::: different selections of options)
::
:: Probably accurate but not very practical site, IMHO.
::
: Why not? I found it quite informative and easy to use.

Too many options for a lazy man. ;-)

--
Juhana

How Fat is Your Country?

Jim Chinnis wrote:
: "Juhana Harju" wrote in part:
:: Matti Narkia wrote:
::
::: The creator of the above page may have had some kind of agenda.
::: Better sources by far are
:::
::: WHO: Global Database on Body Mass Index
::: http://www.who.int/bmi/ (explore the various tabs on top and
::: different selections of options)
::
:: Probably accurate but not very practical site, IMHO.
::
::: IOTF.ORG: International Obesity TaskForce
::: http://www.iotf.org/database/
::
:: Do you think that there is something that could be learned from
:: Japanese, South Koreans or Italians in terms of obesity control?
:: According to this map they are the only developed countries which
:: has been successful in controlling obesity. And the Mediterranean
:: Greeks are not doing very fine - perhaps their limitless olive oil
:: consumption adds too much calories to their diet.
::
:: http://tinyurl.com/yttjoe
:
: I think some of the differences may depend a great deal on cultural
: factors. In Italy, for instance, gluttony has been considered about
: the worst "sin" of all.

I agree. But isn't it strange that all of these countries with comparatively
successful control of obesity have a rather high carbohydrate consumption?
Italians eat pizza and pasta and Japanese have their white rice. On the
contrary U.S. with a high protein consumption has one of the highest rates
of obesity.

--
Juhana

How Fat is Your Country?

On Sun, 8 Apr 2007 17:19:36 +0300, "Juhana Harju"
wrote:

Matti Narkia wrote:

: The creator of the above page may have had some kind of agenda.
: Better sources by far are
:
: WHO: Global Database on Body Mass Index
: http://www.who.int/bmi/ (explore the various tabs on top and
: different selections of options)

Probably accurate but not very practical site, IMHO.

: IOTF.ORG: International Obesity TaskForce
: http://www.iotf.org/database/

Do you think that there is something that could be learned from Japanese,
South Koreans or Italians in terms of obesity control?

Perhaps from Japanese and Koreans, but according to WHO stats Italians
are not especially slim, but approximately European average in the
overweight statistics. They do better in the obesity stats, though.
The Norwegians and Swiss may be the slimmest in Europe. Also, Ireland
has less overweight people than Switzerland, but more obese people.
Below some picks from WHO overweight and obese adult stats:

WHO: BMI Overweight Adults (%)
------------------------------

India 4.50
Pakistan 14.43
China 18.90
Japan 23.40
Thailand 26.10
Republic of Korea 31.80
Norway 33.40
Ireland 34.00
Switzerland 36.61
France 41.60
Denmark 41.70
Netherlands 41.80
Italy 42.60
Sweden 43.90
Belgium 44.10
Finland 45.00
Czech Republic 51.73
Poland 52.20
Australia 53.50
Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.90
United States of America 66.30
Germany 66.50
UK 66.90
Saudi Arabia 72.50
French Polynesia 73.68

WHO: BMI Obese Adults (%)
-------------------------

India 0.70
Republic of Korea 2.40
China 2.90
Japan 3.10
Pakistan 3.42
Norway 6.20
Switzerland 7.68
Portugal 9.00
Italy 9.00
Denmark 9.40
Netherlands 10.00
Sweden 10.10
Greece 11.00
Austria 11.00
France 11.30
Ireland 13.00
Finland 14.00
Australia 16.40
Germany 19.40
UK 24.20
United States of America 32.20
Saudi Arabia 35.60
French Polynesia 40.90
Nauru 78.53

And the Mediterranean Greeks are not doing very fine -
perhaps their limitless olive oil consumption adds too much calories to
their diet.

According to WHO stats Greeks are not doing terribly bad, only 11% of
them are obese.

--
Matti Narkia