We have a NEW fattest nation of the wooooorld!!!

[ayoung]

Australia now world's fattest nation
http://www.theage.com.au
Jill Stark
June 20, 2008

"Australia has become the fattest nation in the world, with more than 9 million adults now rated as obese or overweight, according to an alarming new report.

The most definitive picture of the national obesity crisis to date has found that Australians now outweigh Americans and face a future "fat bomb" that could cause 123,000 premature deaths over the next two decades.

If the crisis is not averted, obesity experts have warned, health costs could top $6 billion and an extra 700,000 people will be admitted to hospital for heart attacks, strokes and blood clots caused by excess weight.

The latest figures show 4 million Australians — or 26% of the adult population — are now obese compared to an estimated 25% of Americans. A further 5 million Australians are considered overweight."


I can't believe we're losing to the australians.... If only we had a few hundred more outback steakhouses in america... if only...

[priceguy]

Australia, eh?  Must be all those dingos they're eating.

I'm guessing the U.S. and Canada (former #1 and #2) are now at #2 and #3.

[Mr. Matté]

Must be all those dingos they're eating.

No, it's the circle of life, once again.  The kids are getting obese, the dingos eat them, so the dingos get fat.  Finally, when the people eat the dingos, they get fatter.

Note, this is only because my parents said their food was cold when we were at Outback last week. 

[heelsrule1988]

That's surprising... I thought they were the most active people in the world. Guess not.

[TheBigAK]

Now what is Jim Rome going to talk about on his radio show?