[Bella]

According to the recent research, Americans are still top of global obesity table, while Britons are named the fattest people in Europe, with one of the world’s fastest obesity growth rates.

In the UK almost one in four people so fat they could face an early grave.

The research has named top 5 fattest countries in the world. They are:

5. the UK
4. New Zealand
3. Chile
2. Mexico
1. the US

The research also shows that obesity rates among US kids are also the highest in the world.

Developed nations are getting fatter, warns the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development which produced the report. Report author Franco Sassi, a former London School of Economics lecturer, puts the blame on modern lifestyles. He said: ‘Food is much cheaper than in the past, in particular food that is not particularly healthy, and people are changing their lifestyles. They have less time to prepare meals and are eating out more in restaurants. There is a frightening increase in the epidemic. We’ve not reached the plateau yet.’

According to the report, the lifespan of an obese person is up to 10 years shorter than that of a normal-weight person – the same loss of lifespan incurred by smoking.

[Veronica]

I can believe taht teh US and the UK are teh countries with the fattest population but Chile and Mexico?