Epic fail

Fat land, land of the free refills.

ftfy

The US of A is actually limiting it's imperial ambitions via over eating.

that kid is actually from Georgia or somewhere like that, not America..

I drove past this estate agents the other day, it made me laugh, maybe because i have the sense of humor of a 14 year old. http://www.hotblackdixon.co.uk/

now that sure is a literal meaning!

Americana tonight. 1/3 of USAicans are now overweight, and 16% are obese.

That's a lot of flab.

Scotland is worse.
In 2008 almost two-thirds of men (66.4%) and more than half of women (59.6%) were overweight (including obese). This represents an increase from 1995 when the figures were 55.6% for men and 47.2% for women. The increase was greater amongst those who were obese (including morbidly obese) where the percentage for men increased from 15.9% to 24.9% between 1995 and 2008 and from 17.3% to 26.5% for women.

from here:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Health/TrendObesity

Americana tonight. 1/3 of USAicans are now overweight, and 16% are obese.

That's a lot of flab.

Any idea if their definitions of "overweight" and "obese" are the same as ours?

307,006,550 Americans

So taking your figure of 16% that's 49,121,048 technically obese.

UK population is 61,838,154- we are getting close to being on parity of our total population to the number of obese Americans.

Any idea if their definitions of "overweight" and "obese" are the same as ours?

they are.
30+ BMI is obese
25-30 is overweight.

WHO guidelines.

England's stats:
In 2008, almost a quarter of adults (24% of men and 25% of women aged 16 or over) in England
were classified as obese (BMI 30kg/m2 or over).
A greater proportion of men than women (42% compared with 32%) in England were classified as
overweight in 2008 (BMI 25 to less than 30kg/m2)

from http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/opad10/Statistics_on_Obesity_Physical_Activity_and_Diet_England_2010.pdf

so you can hardly say america is that bad.

So what you are saying is that we are beating the Yanks?

Go team UK!

they are.
30+ BMI is obese
25-30 is overweight.

WHO guidelines.

The reason I asked as the 1/3rd & 16% seems low.

just checking the stats.
here's childhood obesity in the states:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Figures1.gif

this would suggestbigtwin's stats are incorrect:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_map_of_Male_Obesity,_2008.svg

current stats are 74.1% americans are overweight
26.6% obese.

the real fail is BMI- which is quite useless as an indicator of health, but a very easy statistic to produce.

The childhood obesity graph is interesting, but it would be interesting to see it done on a generational basis, to see whether people are getting fatter or thinner with time.

I have a few links from our lecture on obesity last term:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Obesity/index.htm
http://www.bis.gov.uk/foresight
http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/professional-Issues/Documents/Obesity-report-2010.pdf
but cannot post the lecture slides without permission. it was a good lecture.

the real fail is BMI- which is quite useless as an indicator of health, but a very easy statistic to produce.

+1

Going by BMI i'm close to being overweight, and i'm a skinny little shite.

I'm "normal:24th percentile".

Whatever that means.

BMI isn't an accurate assessment if you're taller than average or have a larger than average muscle mass.

Weight lifters, rugby players, rowers (probably) are quite often 'obese' according to BMI.

=I must try harder

http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_nov2005/RedneckBirdDogs.htm

woeful captions from some rednecks

now that sure is a literal meaning!

Her head is too small for her body. I'll always point that out. She a bighead, but with a small head. Seen?

http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_nov2005/RedneckBirdDogs.htm

woeful captions from some rednecks

Why rednecks? Their toothwork is English through and through.

Dicks

http://realtalklippy.com/realtalk/www.realtalklippy.com/Whats_Been_Happening/Entries/2011/1/3_Screenshots_Of_Stupidity_EDL_Members_Want_To_Contaminate_Money_With_Pig_Fat_Meat.html