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>The scientists note that Qatar seems to be an outlier. Seventy percent of the Qatari population is obese — yet their RHR is an impressive 62. How could that be
by lawlessone 8y ago
>The scientists note that Qatar seems to be an outlier. Seventy percent of the Qatari population is obese — yet their RHR is an impressive 62. How could that be?
Might be because the obese Qatari aren't the Qataris buying fitbits?
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- sndean 8y agoAlso Qatar is probably a bit of an outlier in that 88% of the population are foreign workers [0,1]. Maybe the 70% obese stat includes only Qatari nationals while the resting heart rate includes everyone. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Qatar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Qatar [1] http://gulfmigration.eu/media/pubs/exno/GLMM_EN_2017_03.pdf http://gulfmigration.eu/media/pubs/exno/GLMM_EN_2017_03.pdf