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      7 days ago

      “the rest of the world” / “Europe” / “Nordics”

      Take your pick.

      https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC300778/

      Fat land: how Americans became the fattest people in the world Reviewed by: Samuel Klein Greg Critser… Fat land: how Americans became the fattest people in the world. 2004.University of California Press: Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, Massachusetts, USA.224 pp. $24.00. ISBN: 0-618-16472-3 (hardcover).Inline graphic

      We are in the midst of a national obesity crisis, and Americans are getting heavier. Today, about 65% of adults and 15% of children and adolescents in the US are overweight or obese.

      Two thirds of adults are obese. that’s horrifying.