America no longer world’s fattest developed nation

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/news/america-fattest-obese-un-144341236.html

'Murica! *kitten* yeeeaahhh!

"Nearly a third of Mexican adults (32.8 percent) are considered obese—people aged 20 and older whose body mass index (BMI) is 30 and above. That edges out the United States, where 31.8 percent of American adults are considered obese.

Syria at 31.6 percent, is the third fattest among developed countries, while Venezuela and Libya are tied for fourth at 30.8 percent.

Mexico's urban lifestyle and rising income levels coupled with malnourishment among the country's poor have helped it claim this unhealthy title.

'The same people who are malnourished are the ones who are becoming obese,' Abelardo Avila, a physician with Mexico's National Nutrition Institute, told the Global Post. 'In the poor classes we have obese parents and malnourished children. The worst thing is the children are becoming programmed for obesity. It's a very serious epidemic.'"