A neat interactive chart by the Washington Post shows the increase of each country's average body mass index since 1980. Not surprisingly, the United States' average BMI has grown a lot over the past 30 years.Photo source: www.commons.wikimedia.org
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
World's Waistline Busting At The Seams
A neat interactive chart by the Washington Post shows the increase of each country's average body mass index since 1980. Not surprisingly, the United States' average BMI has grown a lot over the past 30 years.Photo source: www.commons.wikimedia.org
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
How Fat Is Your State?
A Trust For America's Health report shows that obesity rates increased in 28 states over the past year. More than two-thirds of America have an obesity rate higher than 25 percent. In eight states (all in the South), one in three people are obese. According to the report, no state had an obesity rate higher than 20 percent in 1991. How scary is that?Photo source: http://www.healthyamericans.org/
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