The Fattest Country No More: U.S. No Longer Atop The List

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It's not exactly good news, but the United States is no longer the world's fattest nation. It turns out that the rest of the world is gaining on us, putting on more weight at a faster pace.

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Comments

[JesuisFrederique]

11:01 AM on 03/21/2011

I do not believe that. Europeans are way more active then americans. They walk to work or pedal their bikes to work. Children in Europe ride their bikes to school, or take public transport and walk the rest to school.

[Jon Shank]

03:01 PM on 04/05/2011

American's do all of this stuff to, children and adults.

[stape45]

08:08 PM on 02/14/2011

The problem is that, it has nothing to do with America's slimming-down. It's about others beating America at its own game.

[spytheweb]

06:52 PM on 02/14/2011

How many got fat after importing America's fast food restaurants?

[Angelus2007]

05:17 PM on 02/13/2011

America..."First in Friendship, Seventh in Obesity"

[Tommy Garrett]

01:17 PM on 02/13/2011

America is still #1 in my fat heart.

[OatMealBrain]

11:58 AM on 02/13/2011

what? The United States is no longer the fattest nation in the world? Like the Tea Party says, lets take our country back

[holiday2010]

05:59 PM on 02/12/2011

mmmmm....I question the accuracy of this article. Would love to know where the data comes from.

Whilst the US might not be gaining weight at the rate Kuwait is, I'm pretty sure its reached it peak and is the fattest in the world. People are just not gaining more weight as they are becoming increasingly conscious of the health risks.

[GSR]

06:51 PM on 02/12/2011

No it is widely recognised that Pacific Islanders are the most obese by percentage of population due to the consumption of processed foods.

[macewan]

09:40 AM on 02/12/2011

Damn it. What if anything is the U.S. Number 1?

[seeksthetruth]

11:41 PM on 02/12/2011

Cost of health care and the defense budget.

[capitaldysfunction]

02:08 AM on 02/13/2011

And that says a lot about how sick we are and how paranoid we are.

[ThinkCreeps]

06:56 AM on 02/12/2011

Is this just the effect of the downturn? Perhaps reducing the number of cruises people can afford to take?

[ThinkCreeps]

06:55 AM on 02/12/2011

The US is even failing in the race to the (huge) bottom.

[James Glasser]

11:35 PM on 02/11/2011

America is not the fattest country in the world.It is the 7th fattest country in the world.This is not a matter of opinion. Whether or not you or i or your other answerers "think" we're the fattest country is irrelevant. I tried to get some statistics on it but came up empty.
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07:31 PM on 02/11/2011

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[NostradamnIsuck]

07:16 PM on 02/11/2011

All the crackheads drop the average...

[Sanford Hall]

03:38 PM on 02/11/2011

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[onionboy]

03:35 PM on 02/11/2011

I blame Obama. Once again he's letting America fall behind.