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Does the US have a weight problem compared to the rest of the world?

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Posted - July 27, 2016

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  • 13395
    No, overweight/obesity has become a global problem.
      July 27, 2016 6:11 PM MDT
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  • 676

    Yes, it sure does.

      July 27, 2016 9:21 PM MDT
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  • 17487

    An enormous one.  All the Federal government is supposed to do is handle foreign affairs, raise an army, mint money, and keep the citizenry safe.  Look how it has failed in all four, yet is about 1000 times the size it needs to be. 

      July 28, 2016 11:50 AM MDT
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  • 17487

    Don't believe everything you read.

      July 28, 2016 11:51 AM MDT
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  • 46117

    I don't know. I have seen some horrendous diets in Russia. 

    (you know I get there so OFTEN I'm going again on the 12th of Never)

    Fat Russians...how come so many?

    YAHOO ANSWERS
    When I went to some Russian ports with my ship I noticed the only things they weren't short of was Vodka and people with tonnage in tow. 
    Fat people and shortages don't seem very compatible, you can't blame MacDonald's. 

    Could it be we are wrong about the causes of western obesity after all?
    Update: ...most meat in Russia seems to be those nauseating pink sausages. .
      July 28, 2016 12:06 PM MDT
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  • 17261

    Yup, but it's not the only place in the world with a weight problem though.

      July 28, 2016 12:07 PM MDT
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  • 3934

    Apparently all questions, no matter how apolitical, must be turned into political questions because TEH STOOPID EBIL LIBRULZ HAZ RUINED EVERYTHING! BE AFRAID!

      July 28, 2016 12:08 PM MDT
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  • 3934

    The statistics on obesity would suggest the USA does have a problem relative to the rest of the world, especially in the male population.

    http://www.worldobesity.org/resources/world-map-obesity/

    Although, as shown in the maps in the link and other published works, it appears much of the world is "catching up" with the USA.

      July 28, 2016 12:12 PM MDT
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