Broad Shoulders

errr but surely that means that once these obese populations reach prime heart attack age those figures are likely to swing in favour of those most obese nations?

fish.01

Well sure...if it was true...but according to WHO there are quite a few nations fatter than Australia and the UK is only one bacon butty behind us.

showdan

Well the next big thing will be drive-thru pizza, this will be hitting USA over the next couple of years, then probably find its way back here. After being designed, developed and manufactured here in OZ.

leftfield

Hills hoist was not the first rotary clothes line

Wine cask/ bag - Yes well done

Refrigerator - One particular type of many

But probably did invent extreme arrogance in sport

Broad Shoulders

yes, it's a bit like saying Britain invented Cadbury's. So what? Doesn't mean they invented chocolate!

Potato_potato

Most don't have them because they want you to have to go inside and be tempted to buy a $4 choc bar and $5 bottle of water.

Deancm

Not according to 'The Age'

Australia Now Worlds Fattest Nation: Australia has become the fattest nation in the world, with more than 9 million adults now rated as obese or overweight, according to an alarming new report.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/health...770886872.html

fish.01

Here's the stats from the World Health Organisation as reported by Forbes in 2007. Have we really leapt 21 places and overtaken Nauru at 94.5%?


Rank Country %
1. Nauru 94.5
2. Micronesia, Federated States of 91.1
3. Cook Islands 90.9
4. Tonga 90.8
5. Niue 81.7
6. Samoa 80.4
7. Palau 78.4
8. Kuwait 74.2
9. United States 74.1
10. Kiribati 73.6
11. Dominica 71.0
12. Barbados 69.7
13. Argentina 69.4
14. Egypt 69.4
15. Malta 68.7
16. Greece 68.5
17. New Zealand 68.4
18. United Arab Emirates 68.3
19. Mexico 68.1
20. Trinidad and Tobago 67.9
21. Australia 67.4
22. Belarus 66.8
23. Chile 65.3
24. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 65.2
25. Seychelles 64.6
26. Bahrain 64.1
27. Andorra 63.8
28. United Kingdom 63.8
29. Saudi Arabia 63.5
30. Monaco 62.4
31. Bolivia 62.2
32. San Marino 62.1
33. Guatemala 61.2
34. Mongolia 61.2
35. Canada 61.1
36. Qatar 61.0
37. Uruguay 60.9
38. Jordan 60.5
39. Bahamas 60.4
40. Iceland 60.4
41. Nicaragua 60.4
42. Cuba 60.1
43. Germany 60.1
44. Brunei Darussalam 59.8
45. Slovenia 59.8
46. Peru 59.6
47. Vanuatu 59.6
48. Finland 58.7
49. Jamaica 57.4

Deancm

Well the age article is from June 2008 so it is more recent than the forbes article. Google 'worlds fattest nation' and Australia is the one with the most hits. Couldn't find any recent figures from the WHO which I would have assumed would have 2008 stats.

fish.01

Did you notice the percentages? We didn't go from 67.4% to 94.6% in 1 year I hope.

I have read the 'Fat Bomb' report The Age article quotes. It is about Australians from 45-64. There is no mention of the overall population percentage, being fatter than americans, fatter than every country in the world or anything like that - you can read yourself if you are as bored as me :http://www.bakeridi.edu.au/Assets/Fi...omb_report.pdf

Seems like a media beat up to get the story noticed. I'm going for a jog.

A few selected countries from WHO 2010 figures (they must extrapolate). Females, 15-100, BMI >= 25Kg/m2:

Nauru
93.0
Micronesia, Federated States of
91.1
Cook Islands
90.3
United States
76.7
Australia
66.5
United Kingdom
63.8
Ireland
43.9

Deancm

Yes, I noticed that. They all moved to Australia!

I have to say it is quite noticeable though. When I returned to the UK in 2003 the Aussie women were fit. On Returning to Oz this year, the difference was unbelievable. I've never seen so many fatties!

I'm off for a jog too.

sciencemonitor

That's nothing - along with the drive through wedding chapels, I saw a drive through funeral home in Las Vegas when I was there in the early 90's - wonder how long it will take to get to the UK or Oz?!?

Here's an example in Chicago:

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/23/us...in-a-rush.html