I'm not fat, you're fat.
July 16th 2010 08:45
I checked with Forbes.com and found that we Americans, who are naturally competitive by nature, are giving it a darn good go to get to that top spot on the Flabby McFatty scale. But I was honestly shocked to find out that we came in a modest 9th place out of a possible 194 countries!
I mean, come on people. We’ve got the necessary means to win this thing. With the average fast food burger containing approximately 40% fat, what are we doing wrong? We’re stuffing our faces with fast food, not exercising regularly at all, watching hours of television containing those (yuck) exercise machine ads, and still, no number one spot!
And since America has been kind enough to pass on its flab-inflating eating habits and take-away joints to the rest of the world, there is no excuse for Australia’s lacklustre 21st place finish, or China’s 148th place finish with only a mere 28.9% of its population (aged 15 and above) being considered obese.
So who is numero uno, you ask? It’s the country of Nauru, a small island smack in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is a mere 21 kilometres square with a population of only 10,000 people. Yes, that’s right; the Nauruans have gotten the gold with a whopping 94.5% of its (admittedly small) population overweight.
So, before I allowed the reality of the situation – that we’re all going to meet the maker earlier than expected because we can’t say no to the value meal with extra cheese, large with a coke – I had a flash of, oh, we’ll call it prophetic inspiration.
What if, those 10,000 inhabitants of that tropical island, surrounded with beautiful deep-blue water, stunning vegetation and wildlife and temperatures that average between 24 and 33 degrees Celsius, are happy? And because they are happy, they eat, in celebration. Kind of like the Europeans minus the cigarette smoking.
So maybe, this list should be called the “happiest” countries on earth. Maybe it’s not what we eat, but the manner in which we eat it. So if you’ll excuse me, I have to hit the fish and chip shop and head to the beach...I’m trying to stay healthy you know.
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