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You might think the U.S. is the most obese nation in the world - but if you do, you are wrong.
Soaring rates of obesity in the Pacific Islands, nations in the South Pacific Ocean east of Australia and Fiji, have shot to the top of the worldwide obesity scale.
Previously it has been theorised that Pacific Islanders are genetically predisposed to obesity.
But experts now say the introduction of Western diets to the islands are to blame for the problem.
American Samoa, found south of Samoa, tops the chart, with 75 per cent of the population reported as obese.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...hest-obesity-rates-new-maps-surprise-you.html
Soaring rates of obesity in the Pacific Islands, nations in the South Pacific Ocean east of Australia and Fiji, have shot to the top of the worldwide obesity scale.
Previously it has been theorised that Pacific Islanders are genetically predisposed to obesity.
But experts now say the introduction of Western diets to the islands are to blame for the problem.
American Samoa, found south of Samoa, tops the chart, with 75 per cent of the population reported as obese.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...hest-obesity-rates-new-maps-surprise-you.html
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