Average human weighs 137lb - world's fattest countries
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Luxembourg ME Libya0
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This is interesting but would be more interesting and provide better information if it was based on BMI and not weight.0
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Really? They're not going to make ANY distinction between males and females...??
One of many flaws from this "study".
I would like to see it adjusted for poverty. In countries where the average daily income is less than $2 I would expect them to weigh less, and not in an enviable way.
^^ This is what I was thinking.0 -
Americans are also taller than many of the countries which scored lower, so this study is absolute garbage. Even my own doctor says I could never safely get below 170 or so lbs.0
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GREAT JOB AT LOSING SO MUCH WEIGHT! HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO GET TO YOUR CURRENT WEIGHT AND WHAT'S YOUR SECRET?0
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WOW.... I AM THE BIGGEST. AFTER LOSING ALL THIS WEIGHT I'M STILL HUGE? NO THANKS SCIENCE. I WILL TRUST MYSELF ON THIS ONE0
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OMG... that's not the kind of downer I needed on a Friday. Do I laugh or cry? lol...it's motivation...
You are heavier than the average adult in Micronesia
You're lighter than the average adult in 0 countries You're heavier than the average adult in 177 countries0 -
between Ghana and Gabon0
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Yeah, what percentage of those weights are unhealthy though? I'd say anything under 55kg is definitely under-nourished!0
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I am in line with Libya...0
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Shoot...I am at 137 exactly (was up to 175-180 years ago). I would LOVE to at least get down to 130 but maybe that is still fat based on this survey??? Actually, I would love to get to 125 but worried I will have no boobs left at all by the time I got to that..haha :laugh:0
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My weight falls between Samoa and Kuwait :blushing:
Don't be too embarrassed. When I started I was 50% heavier than the average person in Micronesia (#1 on the list). I'm still 25% heavier. SW 297lbs, CW 250lbs. Crap! Now I'm embarrassed! :blushing:0 -
WOW.... I AM THE BIGGEST. AFTER LOSING ALL THIS WEIGHT I'M STILL HUGE? NO THANKS SCIENCE. I WILL TRUST MYSELF ON THIS ONE
Good idea!!!! You have done, and ARE doing awesome, incredible, amazing!!!0 -
Before:
I was lighter than none and heavier than the average adult in 177 countries.
After:
I'm an average adult in Morocco.
Lighter than the average adult in 109 countries.
Heavier than the average adult in 68 countries.
Yeah, eating right and exercising was totally worth it!0 -
Yeah, what percentage of those weights are unhealthy though? I'd say anything under 55kg is definitely under-nourished!
I know. That's what I was thinking. If the average worldwide is only 137lbs, there must be FAR more people who are undernourished than overweight in order to bring the average down that low.0 -
Fun, but will not base anything on it asI still need to lose weight since Im only 4'11"
"You are roughly the same weight as the average adult in Malaysia
You're lighter than the average adult in 125 countries
You're heavier than the average adult in 52 countries"0 -
I am between Brazil and Kazakhstan0
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The study isn't about healthy weight for specific genders, heights and builds, it's actually about food security, where the average weight of an adult indicates overall energy requirement. The media merely tagged the obesity angle on because of the league table.
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/pressoffice/press_releases/2012/tacking_population_weight_crucial_for_food_security.html0 -
Between Jamaica and Italy.0
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I'm BARELY under the US average. Without the genders, heights, and builds, though, it's almost pointless to release the study…unless, of course, the study was simply meant to further the insecurities of people who are self-conscious about their weight. There's way too much emphasis on the number on the scale, alone, these days.0
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I'm BARELY under the US average. Without the genders, heights, and builds, though, it's almost pointless to release the study…unless, of course, the study was simply meant to further the insecurities of people who are self-conscious about their weight. There's way too much emphasis on the number on the scale, alone, these days.0
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I'm BARELY under the US average. Without the genders, heights, and builds, though, it's almost pointless to release the study…unless, of course, the study was simply meant to further the insecurities of people who are self-conscious about their weight. There's way too much emphasis on the number on the scale, alone, these days.
I was referring to the initial link that started the thread.0 -
You are roughly the same weight as the average adult in
Afghanistan
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Is it taking into account size? Americans are much bigger or taller than say Thai people, for example.
According to my BMI, if I weighed 137 lbs, I would be severly underweight, medically, the doctors would be telling me to put on some lbs. I think I call BS on this report.0 -
Zimbabwe!0
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I was referring to the initial link that started the thread.
A study that was actually into healthy weights by country would take things like height and build into account. As a science journalist myself I can vouch for the fact that the takeaway message most newspapers and magazines take away from research isn't what it was designed to prove.
So it was far from pointless to release the study as it will hopefully help inform future food security, and the article was far from pointless as by making it a "fattest countries" league it got lots of readers, which is the raison d'etre for newspapers0 -
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.
This proves nothing except that statistics can be manipulated to bolster any POV.
As an adult male at 185 cm, 62 kg would be borderline for an unhealthy maintenance weight.
Or in other words...a nation population made up of one very healthy baby elephant, a dog, two cats and three anemic squirrels would also have an "average" weight of 137 lbs...."Average weight" is really not a great indicator of anything but your dress size.0 -
I'm BARELY under the US average. Without the genders, heights, and builds, though, it's almost pointless to release the study…unless, of course, the study was simply meant to further the insecurities of people who are self-conscious about their weight. There's way too much emphasis on the number on the scale, alone, these days.
And then the Telegraph stepped in :laugh: Seriously though, why are people thinking it's about how FAT they are? My weight being between Chad and Niger just makes me sad for the people living there who are probably, in the main, taller than me. They clearly don't have food security yet!0 -
Ugh! Only lighter than 2 other countries!!! In between US and Tonga0
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Your first post:
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.
And now this:The study isn't about healthy weight for specific genders, heights and builds, it's actually about food security, where the average weight of an adult indicates overall energy requirement. The media merely tagged the obesity angle on because of the league table.
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/pressoffice/press_releases/2012/tacking_population_weight_crucial_for_food_security.html
I'm calling foul on this one. The first post is focused on obesity, plain and simple. Now you're saying that this is about food security - which was not indicated in your first post.
If this is about getting responses (selling papers), then you've suckered me in. Fool me once...0
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