Average human weighs 137lb - world's fattest countries

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BerryH
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From the Daily Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9345086/The-worlds-fattest-countries-how-do-you-compare.html

The world's fattest countries: how do you compare?

The average weight of an adult human is 137 pounds (62 kg) according to a league table of the world's 'fattest' nations from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Find out how you compare to other adults using our interactive graphic.

The pacific island nations of Micronesia and Tonga are at the top of the league table, followed closely by the United States where the average adult weighs 180.62 pounds (81.93 kg).

The United Kingdom is the tenth fattest country in the world, where an average adult weighs 167.1 pounds (75.8 kg).

The study, published in the journal BMC Public Health and launched on Monday at the United Nations conference Rio+20, highlights the problem of obesity in relation to the environment.

Excess consumption shortens people's lives and accelerates the destruction of the environment, and is concentrated in richer countries.

While the average body mass globally was 62 kg, North Americans weigh in at 81.9 kg.

And while the US makes up only five per cent of the world's population, it accounts for almost a third of the world’s weight due to obesity.

In comparison, Asia has 61 per cent of the world’s people but only 13 per cent of the world’s weight.
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  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
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    My weight falls between Samoa and Kuwait :blushing:
  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
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    Ever watch "supersize me". Scary stuff
  • hellosara08
    hellosara08 Posts: 140 Member
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    I'm between Slovenia and Russia. :) Moving on down lol
  • nas061
    nas061 Posts: 256 Member
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    In comparison, Asia has 61 per cent of the world’s people but only 13 per cent of the world’s weight.

    I think it is 13% of the World's excess weight, not total weight
  • Dead_Darling
    Dead_Darling Posts: 478 Member
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    Mine falls between Grenada and Panama, ooo err :embarassed:
  • invisibubble
    invisibubble Posts: 662 Member
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    I'm the weight of an average person from Kazakhstan.
  • MrsWilsoncroft
    MrsWilsoncroft Posts: 969 Member
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    I am exactly 137lbs at the moment so I am pretty average then lol!

    This is an interesting thread though :)
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
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    I think it is 13% of the World's excess weight, not total weight
    No, I believe it does mean total weight, same as the US stat.
  • Laoch_Cailin
    Laoch_Cailin Posts: 414 Member
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    I'm the same weight as the average person in Iran
  • tadpole242
    tadpole242 Posts: 507 Member
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    At my heaviest (two+ years ago) I was 23 stone which was 322lb, or heaver than the heaviest average nation of Micronesia, now I weigh 245lb with is…..
    Guess what
    Still heaver than the average nation of Micronesia.
  • Barkley87
    Barkley87 Posts: 126 Member
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    I'm between Zambia and Cambodia. Lovely.
  • GaryRussell123456
    GaryRussell123456 Posts: 87 Member
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    I'm the average weight for a UK adult but I'm not fat.
  • Gyoza11
    Gyoza11 Posts: 143 Member
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    I'm between Pakistan and Japan. That's really surprising cause I've never met a Japanese person (I'm a Japanese major so I meet a lot) that wasn't seriously tiny. Perhaps it's cause they don't have separate charts for men and women?
  • DonttrythatwithME
    DonttrythatwithME Posts: 214 Member
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    im between USA an Tonga ?
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
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    I'm between Chad and Niger. I imagine I'm still very heavy compared to the women there, though!
  • nsimportant
    nsimportant Posts: 170 Member
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    Between Mongolia and Mexico :P
  • amortize20
    amortize20 Posts: 62 Member
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    between Samoa and the US and i'm at my goal weight!
  • NocturnalGirl
    NocturnalGirl Posts: 1,762
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    Oh my gosh, Bangladesh is the lightest out of all the countries in the whole world? That's my background haha.

    I'm around Mali though
  • Meg_78
    Meg_78 Posts: 998 Member
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    Bumping to save for later :happy:
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,590 Member
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    I'm in Armenia territory... I'm almost tempted to eat a bag of chips so I can move to St Lucia next door :wink:

    My ultimate goal is Madagascar :love:

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