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> and are the fattest people on the planet Not even close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass_index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li
by mrec 8y ago
> and are the fattest people on the planet
Not even close.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass_index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass...
- barbecue_sauce 8y agoThere's a few countries that are on there multiple times (like Mexico and New Zealand). How does that work?
- taneq 8y agoThey're so fat that they had to buy extra tickets.
- ironic_ali 8y agoBecause NZ is so awesome, it's on the list twice!
- hn_throwaway_99 8y agoInteresting to me that most of the countries high up on the list are dominated by indigenous populations that are even less able to deal with modern carb-rich Western diets than European-based populations. E.g. I'm assuming New Zealand is so high because of Maori people.
- jzwinck 8y agoMaori make up just 15% of the NZ population. They do however have more obese despite fewer who are only moderately overweight. Since the BMI ranking is by arithmetic mean, extremely fat people will have an outsize effect. Ref: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/populations/maori-health/tatau-kahukura-maori-health-statistics/nga-tauwehe-tupono-me-te-marumaru-risk-and-protective-factors/body-size https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/populations/maori-health...
- asteli 8y agoThere's speculation (not sure if it's more substantiated than) that the obesity rates seen in the Pacific islands may also involve selection for humans who could amass energy stores necessary for long oceanic voyages.