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talkpoliticsYou might think the U.S. is the most obese nation in the world - but if you do, you are wrong.
How fat is YOUR country?
- The Pacific Islands, east of Australia, top the list of countries with the highest percentage of their populations obese.
- Experts have blamed the soaring obesity rates on nations colonising the islands and introducing Western diets.
- British, American and French colonisers tried to 'civilise' the nations' eating habits after the Second World War.
- Their fishing and farming industries died out and the countries became reliant on foreign imports like rice and sugar.
- Scale shows epidemic of fatness, with high levels of obesity across most of Europe, the Middle East and the U.S.
How fat is YOUR country?
- The Pacific Islands, east of Australia, top the list of countries with the highest percentage of their populations obese.
- Experts have blamed the soaring obesity rates on nations colonising the islands and introducing Western diets.
- British, American and French colonisers tried to 'civilise' the nations' eating habits after the Second World War.
- Their fishing and farming industries died out and the countries became reliant on foreign imports like rice and sugar.
- Scale shows epidemic of fatness, with high levels of obesity across most of Europe, the Middle East and the U.S.
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