In USA, the longer you stay the bigger you get: news story
 

"Jupiter" wrote in message ...
It's well known that Americans are among the world's fattest people. Now,
new research suggests foreigners living in the United States also quickly
start putting on weight - and the longer they stay, the bigger they get.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusi..._weightfrm.htm

If you want to lose weight, move to Japan! Or even in the poorest
areas of Africa where you can consider yourself lucky if you get a
meal every two day.