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That's weird data. By every measure I've seen France and the USA have almost identical obesity. https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-sprint-

by cm2012 10y ago

That's weird data. By every measure I've seen France and the USA have almost identical obesity. https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-sprint-us&source=android-browser&q=france+obesity+rate https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-spr...

pazimzadeh 10y ago
France and the USA use a different threshold for obesity, so I'm not sure the comparison is straightforward. Someone who is borderline obese in France would be considered far from obese in the US. I can't whip up a source for this at the moment, but I'm speaking from personal experience (born in France, moved to the US when I was 9).
vmarsy 10y ago
The 9.4% was data from 2002. The french wikipedia page says a 2012 study shows that while 32,3 % are (25 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m2), only 15 % are(BMI≥ 30 kg/m2). If from 2012 to 2014 it jumped from 15 to 23.9 there would be a problem. I'm unable to track down where that 23.9% came from on the English wikpedia, but it looks like those WHO report anything above 25 BMI, whereas the other data is above 30 BMI EDIT: Wikipedia is simply wrong, if you look at http://apps.who.int/bmi/index.jsp http://apps.who.int/bmi/index.jsp and search for BMI adults % obese (>=30.0), then France most recent data is 16.9%, (USA is 33.9) the Wikipedia article claims : Based on World Health Organisation (WHO) data published in 2014, 23.9% of French adults (age 18+) were clinically obese with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater EDIT2: Found an interactive map http://gamapserver.who.int/gho/interactive_charts/ncd/risk_factors/obesity/atlas.html http://gamapserver.who.int/gho/interactive_charts/ncd/risk_f... where it claims 22.0 for 2014 (still not 23.9), but it also claims 18.2% for 2005, but it says 12.4% for 2006 on the table, there's a different in reporting between the two. The interactive maps does an "age standardize estimate" whatever this means :)
sokoloff 10y ago
Walking around France and walking around the US, that's not remotely what I see.
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maxxxxx 10y ago
Walk around in France and you will notice the difference. You rarely see obese people.
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by cm2012 10y ago

pazimzadeh 10y ago

France and the USA use a different threshold for obesity, so I'm not sure the comparison is straightforward. Someone who is borderline obese in France would be considered far from obese in the US. I can't whip up a source for this at the moment, but I'm speaking from personal experience (born in France, moved to the US when I was 9).

vmarsy 10y ago

The 9.4% was data from 2002. The french wikipedia page says a 2012 study shows that while 32,3 % are (25 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m2), only 15 % are(BMI≥ 30 kg/m2). If from 2012 to 2014 it jumped from 15 to 23.9 there would be a problem. I'm unable to track down where that 23.9% came from on the English wikpedia, but it looks like those WHO report anything above 25 BMI, whereas the other data is above 30 BMI EDIT: Wikipedia is simply wrong, if you look at http://apps.who.int/bmi/index.jsp http://apps.who.int/bmi/index.jsp and search for BMI adults % obese (>=30.0), then France most recent data is 16.9%, (USA is 33.9) the Wikipedia article claims : Based on World Health Organisation (WHO) data published in 2014, 23.9% of French adults (age 18+) were clinically obese with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater EDIT2: Found an interactive map http://gamapserver.who.int/gho/interactive_charts/ncd/risk_factors/obesity/atlas.html http://gamapserver.who.int/gho/interactive_charts/ncd/risk_f... where it claims 22.0 for 2014 (still not 23.9), but it also claims 18.2% for 2005, but it says 12.4% for 2006 on the table, there's a different in reporting between the two. The interactive maps does an "age standardize estimate" whatever this means :)

sokoloff 10y ago

Walking around France and walking around the US, that's not remotely what I see.

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maxxxxx 10y ago

Walk around in France and you will notice the difference. You rarely see obese people.

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