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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sirajstc" data-source="post: 11991567" data-attributes="member: 91140">(1) American Samoa, 93.5% (of the population that is overweight)It’s  a staggering number. Many Pacific Island nations have had trouble  with  weight in modern times mostly because they have abandoned their   traditional foods for cheap, easily attained processed foods from the   West. Perhaps no other Pacific Island has had such access to these   habits as American Samoa.(2) Kiribati, 81.5%Like American  Samoa, Kiribati has been flooded with processed foods  like Spam and  mutton flaps (fatty sheep scraps), often sold at lower  prices than  native food.(3) U.S.A., 66.7%Well, the U.S.A. doesn’t top  the list, but it’s close, and it falls  behind only a small islands  nation and one of its own unincorporated  territories. The United States  of Processed food, high fructose corn  syrup and fast food has been high  on this list over the last half  century.(4) Germany, 66.5%The fattest country in Europe no doubt owes their portly woes to lots of beer, fatty foods and inactivity.(5) Egypt, 66%Obesity among Egyptian women is particularly high, often attributed to cultural taboos on women exercising or playing sports.(6) Bosnia-Herzegovina, 62.9%Once  considered a problem only in high-income countries, obesity is   dramatically on the rise in low- and middle-income countries like   Bosnia-Herzegovina, where smoking, drinking and eating unhealthy foods   spiked during the war that ravaged the country from 1992 to 1995.(7) New Zealand, 62.7%Obesity  is a growing concern for New Zealand. While its native Maori  have  struggled with weight due to loss of traditional culture like  other  Pacific Islanders– they are mostly just a scapegoat. New  Zealand’s  entire population is getting fatter at a rapidly increased  rate.(8) Israel, 61.9%In the past 30 years, the number of obese Israelis has tripled, evidence the country is truly part of the Western world.(9) Croatia, 61.4%Croatia,  where cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death, is  also a  victim of the globalization of the food market, which tends to  suppress  traditional diets as cheaper processed foods from the U.S. and  Europe  flood store shelves.(10) United Kingdom, 61%A recent survey  ranked Brits among the bottom third of European nations  in physical  exercise, leading Health Secretary Andy Burnham to  comment, “We’re  really in danger of being known as the best in the  world for watching  sport, but one of the worst for getting out there  and doing it for  ourselves.”</blockquote>

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